The morning starts out so well that you have no idea that it's all going go to pot within the next few hours. You get up as usual and grab you mug of coffee before going out to the deck to sit back and enjoy the early morning peace. Idly you leaf through the home improvement catalog that came in the mail yesterday and which was left on the table. When the phone call comes you have no idea that your world will very shortly be turned upside down on its face and that you're going to be stressed once again in your life.
Your partner comes outside to join you with a sheepish smile on his face. He then proceeds to give you the bad news. His parents have finally decided to take a vacation from their extended vacation traveling the globe and they'll be stopping by on their way home, for a few days only, but they definitely will be coming and sometime after next week.
You grip the home improvement catalog as it's your lifeline and paste a bright smile on your face. All you can do is think of all the house work which you had let slide for the past few months. Everything had probably accumulated to the point of your dust bunnies having little dust bunnies of their own. It wasn't that you didn't like your mother-in-law, or that she didn't like you, it was just that she had never thought you were good enough for her precious baby and made no bones about showing it to you.
However, that was neither here nor there as what really mattered now was getting the house into some semblance of order before they arrived next week. Sometime next week to be exact. Your gaze falls to the home improvement catalog which you've all but torn in your hands and almost fall over yourself when it finally registers what you have in your hand.
A snippet of an article you had seen in the home improvement catalog comes back to you and you start flipping madly through the pages to find it. You know you're really far gone when an absurd relief flows through you when you finally find it, but that's just how it is.
Clutching the home improvement catalog to you, you marshal your forces and go about following almost to the letter the home improvement tips and tricks which will get you through your period of stress. And this then is why home improvement catalogs were created to begin with and you have a subscription. To think, you were almost on the verge of canceling it too, thinking you didn't really need it!
2007年12月22日星期六
2007年12月19日星期三
Bathroom Designer
When my wife first suggested that we get hold of an interior designer for the house, I totally agreed with her. I mean, I had been saving up for the ideal house for years on end and obviously wanted it to look as good as it possibly could. And I had seen enough shows on the tube to know that interior designers could actually transform the way a house looked and make it altogether more appealing and attractive. But when she stretched the concept a little further to hint that we should be looking at a bathroom designer, I totally flipped.
I don't see myself as an unreasonable man. I am pretty much open to new ideas, even though of late they seem to have become really scarce and consequently overpriced. But a bathroom designer? I mean, why would anyone need to go in for a bathroom designer? As far as I was concerned, a bathroom could primarily be used for two or maybe three core purposes. And even if you suffer from prolonged bouts of depression or diarrhea, or both, how much time are you likely to spend in the bathroom?
In any case, I had to submit to my wife's demands. I wasn't really sure how she was even going to get a bathroom designer till I found out that there is actually a category for these people in the yellow pages! Beat that! Seems I was the only one who was missing out on a global trend. By this time I was more curious than perplexed and wanted to see for myself what this creature called a bathroom designer actually looked like.
To be frank, I was actually impressed. Not only was this bathroom designer guy a qualified plumber (a pre-requisite?) he was also an excellent interior designer for bathrooms. After having spent a fair amount of time understanding him and his peculiar craft, both my wife and I decided to give him a free hand with the design of our bathroom.
Suffice to say that when this bathroom designer has finished with our bathroom, we were both flabbergasted. He had done an amazing job! Not only had the bathroom designer stayed true to his name, he had surpassed my wildest expectations! The bathroom was suddenly more spacious, more comfortable and much more appealing. The prospect of spending a whole lot of time there suddenly became very appealing.
I don't see myself as an unreasonable man. I am pretty much open to new ideas, even though of late they seem to have become really scarce and consequently overpriced. But a bathroom designer? I mean, why would anyone need to go in for a bathroom designer? As far as I was concerned, a bathroom could primarily be used for two or maybe three core purposes. And even if you suffer from prolonged bouts of depression or diarrhea, or both, how much time are you likely to spend in the bathroom?
In any case, I had to submit to my wife's demands. I wasn't really sure how she was even going to get a bathroom designer till I found out that there is actually a category for these people in the yellow pages! Beat that! Seems I was the only one who was missing out on a global trend. By this time I was more curious than perplexed and wanted to see for myself what this creature called a bathroom designer actually looked like.
To be frank, I was actually impressed. Not only was this bathroom designer guy a qualified plumber (a pre-requisite?) he was also an excellent interior designer for bathrooms. After having spent a fair amount of time understanding him and his peculiar craft, both my wife and I decided to give him a free hand with the design of our bathroom.
Suffice to say that when this bathroom designer has finished with our bathroom, we were both flabbergasted. He had done an amazing job! Not only had the bathroom designer stayed true to his name, he had surpassed my wildest expectations! The bathroom was suddenly more spacious, more comfortable and much more appealing. The prospect of spending a whole lot of time there suddenly became very appealing.
2007年12月17日星期一
Kitchen Remodeling
You've remodeled your living room and your dining room, but now you're broke. You still want to get to the bedrooms upstairs, and you also have ideas for the kitchen. But any kitchen remodeling or bedroom remodeling will have to wait until you do a final survey of your bank balance.
Luckily for you, you find out that you have enough in your account to get through one more room without going completely broke. So now you have a tough choice. Do you want to go with your kitchen remodeling plans or do you want to start in one the bedroom?
Yes, it would be pleasant to come home to a nicely redone bedroom, something which didn't look as if it came straight out of the Addam's Family decorating handbook. But then again you only spend enough time in there to go to sleep and wake up in the morning.
Other times you're either at work or somewhere in the living room or the kitchen. So that pretty much settles things. You'll go in for your kitchen remodeling ideas, and blow whatever money you have left on making your kitchen a livable habitable place, where you don't mind spending time, and where you won't mind slaving over a hot stove to cook a great dinner.
Things are looking good at this point and you've already talked to someone about pulling out the shelves and the throwing out the old stove. No, your kitchen remodeling ideas are far grander than any old stove, so get to rip it out along with the antiquated sink that's lately been making alarming gurgling noises.
This is where you can give in to your fantasies for the perfect kitchen and splurge, well as far as your budget will allow you to anyhow. But now you can finally spring for that electric stove, and those space saving cupboards that also don't look half bad. A good sink is a must and something that you had already provided for in your kitchen remodeling plans and budget.
Next you can't forget the paint chips for you to set your seal of approval to. In your original kitchen remodeling plans you had chosen a safe shade of cream and eggshell white. But now looking at all the choices you have, you think you might go for a bright red trim on your cupboards, glistening chrome and rich cream colored walls. And all of this with a matching set of white lace curtains at the windows and pine colored counter tops.
Your kitchen remodeling is almost complete and you have yet to break the bank, so you're well satisfied with the outcome. You'll also now probably spend most of your time trying out new dishes in your brand new kitchen. Who knew kitchen remodeling could be so rewarding?
Luckily for you, you find out that you have enough in your account to get through one more room without going completely broke. So now you have a tough choice. Do you want to go with your kitchen remodeling plans or do you want to start in one the bedroom?
Yes, it would be pleasant to come home to a nicely redone bedroom, something which didn't look as if it came straight out of the Addam's Family decorating handbook. But then again you only spend enough time in there to go to sleep and wake up in the morning.
Other times you're either at work or somewhere in the living room or the kitchen. So that pretty much settles things. You'll go in for your kitchen remodeling ideas, and blow whatever money you have left on making your kitchen a livable habitable place, where you don't mind spending time, and where you won't mind slaving over a hot stove to cook a great dinner.
Things are looking good at this point and you've already talked to someone about pulling out the shelves and the throwing out the old stove. No, your kitchen remodeling ideas are far grander than any old stove, so get to rip it out along with the antiquated sink that's lately been making alarming gurgling noises.
This is where you can give in to your fantasies for the perfect kitchen and splurge, well as far as your budget will allow you to anyhow. But now you can finally spring for that electric stove, and those space saving cupboards that also don't look half bad. A good sink is a must and something that you had already provided for in your kitchen remodeling plans and budget.
Next you can't forget the paint chips for you to set your seal of approval to. In your original kitchen remodeling plans you had chosen a safe shade of cream and eggshell white. But now looking at all the choices you have, you think you might go for a bright red trim on your cupboards, glistening chrome and rich cream colored walls. And all of this with a matching set of white lace curtains at the windows and pine colored counter tops.
Your kitchen remodeling is almost complete and you have yet to break the bank, so you're well satisfied with the outcome. You'll also now probably spend most of your time trying out new dishes in your brand new kitchen. Who knew kitchen remodeling could be so rewarding?
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