Monday, October 16, 2006

Home Improvements a la Renter

So I've established we rent our apartment. The landlady told us she is going to have someone re-do my kitchen and bathroom. I got excited because I have tiles falling off the walls in my bathroom (no where noticeable thank goodness!) and my kitchen just doesn't have enough counter space or cupboards. So, she didn't tell us exactly when this home improvement project would be happening, but I'm already getting the dancing sugarplum fairies everytime I look at my kitchen and try to imagine what the new one will look like. Now, I know since we rent the place, we won't have much say in what goes on, but if this were my own home I would love some stainless steel applainces. Double-door refridgerator, because I store as much in my freezer as I do the fridge part. I would love a fridge with the ice-maker because that would prevent my son from having a conniption everytime I open the freezer and he sees the forbidden ice cream or popsicles. I want a flat cook top, because it would be so much easier to clean than the stove I have now, where grease and food and what the hell is that? finds its way into places I can't even reach to clean. My current stove works great, but it's older than my mother and I'm sure it's days are limited. My favorite room in the house is the kitchen, I love to cook and bake and can usually be found in there on a regular basis, so the counter space and cupboard space is very important for me and my numerous thing-a-magigs, especially when I'm making something that requires a lot of utensils that need to be at hand. The counter tops wouldn't make a difference on what they are made of, but if they put a built-in cutting board, I think I would melt. I wouldn't have to scramble around screaming "WHERE THE HELL IS MY CUTTING BOARD???" because little Man was playing with it and put it under my bed or something. Yes, he does stuff like that. My MIL has one and I loved using it when we were at her house. Wipe and voil-a! All done! No missing cutting boards!
As for my bathroom...oh where to start? I defenitely want to keep my tub. (The other apartments have only showers). but I would love it if they gave me sliding doors. I would also want a fan to get the steam out and prevent the mold&mildew build-up thus preventing my allergies from going haywire. While they are at it, make the bathroom white instead of the ugly sage color that's in there now, so I can decorate it in as many different ways as possible. Right now the only decoration is a yellow candle on top of the toilet, a hunter green shower curtain and bath rug. If it were white I could change the color scheme and have better decorations. My sink at least is new and I like it, it's white with storage space underneath.
I can't wait to see what the landlady comes up with, hopefully at least my bathroom will be to my liking, because I know I'm not asking too much there...

3 comments:

Mama of 2 said...

I love thinking about home improvments. My only problem is I run out of money before I ever run out of ideas. My dad just laughs at me every time we walk into a place like Lowes or Home Depot since I swear I salivate.

Anonymous said...

If you were closer to me, I could hook your landlady with The Hubby. I swear, he can make a microphone out of a spork and a paperclip. And he knows where to get all the appliances and bathroom fixtures for less. As for the sliding doors, I personally don't like them. Gunk tends to get trapped in the nooks and they are difficult to clean. Plus, kiddies like to bang/break things against the doors...Green, lol. My grandma's bathroom is green. Sink, tub, toilet, videt, tiles, wall, doors. It's a bad avocado green shade. I totally get you.

Diana said...

mamaof2- LOL! that's too funny.
SPB- you know, I hate the sage I have, but the avocado is def. worse. I would prefer the sage to avocado...and don't you know that ugly color is making a comeback?!?! People are wanting it for the 'retro' look!