Mirror, Mirror

We have been debating for some time about what to do with our front hallway. Now that we have our zig zag runner, it seems only appropriate that we furnish this area as a true welcome for our guests. That and we are just plain tired of seeing a blank wall when we enter the apartment. Thus, we have agreed upon a mirror. Always practical when leaving the house, we hope that it will be just as welcome upon entering. Eventually we plan to get a stool or small table to go underneath it (for keys and mail), but in the meantime this should do. We could probably fuss over the choices for much longer—but for once it felt nice to just make a decision. Period.

Pendant Light. Finally.

After holding out for the "perfect" pendant light, we caved and decided that a decent light is better than no light (or rather, a naked bulb). We've decided that until we do find the perfect fixture this pendant from West Elm should do nicely. Not sure why we keep heading back to West Elm, but it probably has to do with the reasonably priced, reasonably designed items they sell.

We like that this pendant light is glass, so when you walk into the apartment and look into the living/ dining area, there is no shade obstructing the view. Our only concerns are how this will be hung and if the light will be too small for our dining table. That said, it will be a good placeholder for now—one that will likely become permanent if we had to bet.

Zig Zag Straight Ahead

A few weeks ago we mentioned that we had ordered a runner from West Elm. Well, yesterday it finally arrived and we rolled it out into place. Not only are we happy with it, the cats seem to like it as well. Now we realize how badly we are craving rugs and how many we still need.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

On Monday the plumber came to install our kitchen faucet, which we ordered back in Fall. Although we're loving how it looks, the spray that we ordered to go with it is conspicuously missing—you can see the empty hole to the right of the faucet. We were told by the plumber that the spray does not "work" with the faucet. Hmmm. Not sure about what this means, but we're leaving to the place we bought the faucet and spray from to figure it out.

The same day the plumber came, they also came to fix some of the cracked glass tiles in our guest bathroom. Unfortunately, we didn't know that this would be done so we didn't leave out any replacement tiles. Therefore, we now have empty spaces on our guest bathroom wall, where new tiles will need to be placed. Similarly, although the workmen spackled some areas around our windows and closets that had cracked, they did not paint over the spackle. This means that we are now in a pseudo-work zone. Again. Let's hope this doesn't last long.

Work Day

This morning I am working from home as two of Lou's crew are here tackling some of the items on our punch list. Unfortunately, not everything can be done today—the most unfortunate being the plumbing as we were hoping to have our new kitchen faucet installed today. Instead, they are working on filling cracks and doing some caulking. They also installed the glass shelf at the back of our guest bathroom tub, and we now FINALLY have a towel bar in the master bathroom. This means we actually have a place to hang towels rather than resting them on top of the toilet tank. This is a small, much needed improvement.