A Pause

At this point most everything is completed in the apartment. We are gathering punch list items for Lou to finish up, but will wait till we have a fair amount of things for him to do before his team comes again. We might even wait until February, which is when our kitchen faucet will FINALLY arrive. Until then we look for things for Lou to fix (which unfortunately means we look for things to go wrong). We have already spotted two areas where there seems to water damage of some sort. We also need to figure out how we will vent our air conditioning units and determine what light fixture we will get for above the kitchen table. Those will likely be the last two big things that will be completed.

Room with a View

On Saturday our new dresser from Room and Board was delivered. It's just like our old cabinet from there, but has drawers instead of cabinets. We did, however, make sure that there would be one glass-front cabinet for our cable box to go into. Our closets have a bit more breathing room, now that we've moved some things into the dresser. Dibi is admiring the view from his spot on the Corian window ledge, which was recently installed.

Indecision

We've been looking for a new sofa for our apartment. Something comfortable, but stylish. Nothing too crazy, but not Plain Jane either. We've found a lot of nothing—generally there are sleek (read: boring) couches or overly-cushy (read: suburban) couches. But then one day, walking home from the (supposed) furniture store mecca, Mitchell + Gold, we wandered into Canvas. They only had about three pieces of furniture, but one struck us in particular. It's called the Chesterfield Sofa. Based on a vintage piece, it's upholstered in a deep midnight colored linen. It's fab. We love it. But we wonder... is it too... out there? What do you think? Let us know and let us know soon, because the sale is ending at the end of the month.

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The Last Big Thing

This week the last pre-punch list item was installed. We now have a seamless, low-iron, tempered glass backsplash, and we L-O-V-E LOVE it! The backsplash was installed in three spots—the kitchen, above the wine fridge (aka the dry bar), and the buffet area in our built-in. The backsplash people also installed a small glass shelf in the guest bathroom, and a mirror inset into our master bathroom door. We're particularly happy with the mirror and would love to keep our master bathroom door closed all the time so we could admire it—but alas, our cats loathe to be locked in or out of any room. And so the door remains open and the mirror hidden, for the most part. In addition, the Corian window ledges were FINALLY installed. We'll leave the specifics around the Corian drama to another post, but let's just say that it wasn't the smoothest process (nor would we recommend our installers, Evans and Paul).

Two Working Sinks

After getting used to traveling between our master bathroom and the guest bathroom to use the sink, we now have both bathroom sinks functioning. In addition, we had Lou create a 3.5" extension to the guest bathroom under-sink cabinet to make it easier to use the sink there. Previously, it felt like you were going to hit your head on the medicine cabinet every time you bent down to wash your face or brush your teeth. Dibi is particularly happy with the new master bathroom sink since there's a wide ledge he can sit on while drinking from the faucet.

Rotisserie Skewers

For the second time we used the rotisserie feature on our oven. This time we tried shish kebobs. We started cooking the potato-only skewers first, since those take longer to cook, and added the onion-steak and pepper-zucchini skewers later. No recipe required and absolutely delicious—and presumably pretty darn healthy.

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

This week has been an eventful week in the bathroom. Luckily the problem was the plumbing and not our, er, plumbing. The sink AND the shower were both clogged in the guest bathroom, and we were informed that our master bathroom shower was leaking water into the apartment below ours. YIKES! This meant that we could only use the guest bathroom shower, even though it meant showering in ankle-depth water. Today the clogs were fixed by accessing the trap through our downstairs neighbor's ceiling. Thankfully, the apartment was recently purchased and the new owners had not yet moved in. Conveniently, they are also planning on doing some renovating of their own, so they've been understanding.

In the master bathroom, the leak was fixed by accessing the pipes through the wall in our master bathroom. You can see the hole in our shower wall, which will be re-tiled tomorrow. We hope. In this picture you can also see the sink—which JUST ARRIVED after WEEKS of waiting. Tomorrow the faucets for the sink should also be installed. Also of note in the picture—our new shower door handle. Hopefully by end of day tomorrow, after living here for a month, we will have two fully functioning bathrooms.