Bought our Hardwood Flooring!
That's the big news...floors, finally! We ended up going with Home Depot's Bruce strip (2 1/4 inches wide, I think), solid (3/4 inch thick!) and prefinished red oak/white oak hardwood. They were having a sale, just $2.99 a square foot! The color is beautiful...it's called "Marsh" and it's a warmer, slightly redder version of Gunstock. I really had my heart set on hand hewn, wide plank - which was only $1 per square foot more at an out of state company, but we're really having to make the most of our budget and we had to take into consideration all the trim pieces we needed, too, which add up quickly. Plus, I liked the fact that if we need more for some reason, we can just go get it. No shipping fees! The photo to the left is a close match to the color and style. We won't be installing the flooring until after the majority of the "dirty work" is done here (we have a hallway ceiling to raise and a lot more painting to do!). Until then, I can just open up a box and stair at our shiny new floors:) 
We also picked up what we needed to trim out the living room, kitchen, and dining room windows. I chose six inch wide trim for the dining and living room, but there's only room for 3 inch wide trim for the little kitchen window above the sink. The sills will be six inches deep. I bought a gallon of primer so I can work on prepping them. The trim work will be simple - no 45 degree cuts - just straight lines as shown to the right. I don't know if I'm more excited about the floors or the trimwork, lol! We have *none* now around the windows ('cept maybe a puny sill here and there) so the windows should look completely different when we're finished. 
Kitchen cabinet work is going, slowly but surely. (We totally lazed out this weekend...see my Notes from Home...) We're putting in an order this week for the cabinet hardware - Thanks *so much* to Kelli for helping me find these beautiful and affordable handles ! The finish is oil rubbed bronze and I just think they look old-fashioned and pretty. The handles alone make me feel motivated to finish our cabinets!
I guess I'm caught up with the updating...if you don't hear from me for a while, just know that I'm slaving away on the kitchen, lol!
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It's exciting to have your floors! I bet it will inspire you to work hard on things so that you'll be ready to lay them down soon. Yay!
I really love the overall design of the kitchen photo you posted. I think its a cool mix of modern and "cottage". Is that the overall look you are going for?
Yes, the floors are a big motivation for me...I can't stand the thought of them in boxes in the garage, lol!
Hi Amy,
That is a neat kitchen in the photo, but my kitchen won't really have any modern elements. I used that photo mainly to show the floors we bought. Thanks for stopping in!
I know I am dying to lay our bathroom floor in the current house and our pine floors in the new house, but alas I must wait! It sure is motivation though to get all the projects in between finished so that we can!! I’m sure you feel the same way!
And sales are always the best way to buy things!! Esp when buying things in large quantities!
We are doing the trim around the windows in the same fashion. I think it gives a more authentic old look to the rooms.
We are going with the "oil rubbed bronze" finish for our kitchen as well. I think its one of the prettiest finishes!
Look forward to seeing your ideas unfold into reality!
Jessica, how good it is to know someone in the exact same boat, lol! We've been collecting different elements for our remodel for about a year now and I can't wait until they are *all* installed. Everything is such a process...can't intall the countertops until the cabinets are painted...can't intall the sink until countertops are in...can't install the new faucet until the sink is in...can't install the new lighting until the pine planks are installed on the ceiling - Whew!
I think it's neat how we both love old fashioned design. I think we both are nostalgic for an era that we never lived in:)
I have ceramic tile and it is cold and unforgiving when it comes to glassware! I have been considering laminate wood but after seeing your picture I'm leaning towards hardwood.
Amy, you won't be disappointed. I think you just can't beat the feel of real wood - it will hold up forever...and even if a prefinished hardwood floor gets scratched up over time, you can still have it refinished.:)
I've really debated back on forth on the whole flooring thing. I had laminate before - now I have tile. And I recently waxed poetic on laminate flooring at Home Improvement Ideas Blog but now I think it's definitely got to be the hardwood - its just not the same as the laminate - though I worry about how much care its' going to require.
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