Plants

I plan to sign the contract with CK this week. He dropped off the electrical and final floor plans to me yesterday morning and I haven't had time to look at them. The electrical is a whole post in itself as there are tons of switches, outlets and recessed ceiling lights. More on that another day.

The house is contracted to begin by May 15 and end Nov 15. I asked if I could move any plants and he said I could stick them in the ground somewhere and move them in the spring. They probably would not be able to seed the lawn until spring. So I am wondering if you wanted any of my plants this summer/fall, Annette? I might give away some to friends too. I supposed I shall move what I can, but I'd like to put my house on the market in Sept/Oct. Maybe catch a buyer that wasn't happy with what was available during the summer. I'd have to have a proviso they couldn't take possession until late Nov. and probably another that we need a 24 hr. warning to show the house.

Got up early and took a walk with M. Then we were at church by 11:30 as she had to serve, then spent 1-2:30 getting dance photos done. Came home and turned around and took L down for her 1 1/2 hrs. there. She has to be in 3 group photos. Did some laundry, but not much else accomplished today. I am so tired. Am making a sausage strata for supper.

I'll try to post more drawings in the next few days. I'm on vacation most of the week, so have tons I want to do.
M.F.H.

Kitchen ideas

The new layout of the kitchen is basically what I now have. I marked 'E's on the cabinets that are 'extra' to what I know have. Though it is hard to judge if the new 2 cabinets are double my current cabinets or just 1 1/2 times larger. Plus I had a 4th
page I seem to have lost. It is of the island - which has 3 wide drawers on top of each other and a waste basket cabinet with a
drawer above it. And if I add more space to the left to take the kitchen to the sliding back door, I will have even more cabinets.

D, the designer, priced the kitchen using Dynasty 'Villa' by Omega. I think Omega also makes Decora. Not sure. The total price for the kitchen, 3 bathroom and laundry consoles and cabinets comes to: $14,776.70 The contractors allowance for all that, which also includes mirrors and towel bars and installation comes to $11,500. So I need to cut about $3,000. Hmmmm.
Advice?

I think I can do without the pre-made pantry to the right of the refrig. I was wondering about putting a regular counter there to sit the microwave on, or even making it into a small desk area. Or the contractor could build me a pantry with a regular door. What do you think of the transom window over the stove? How about moving the window to the right of the refrig? I don't know yet how that would look from the outside of the house. I was also think about doing away with upper cabinets on the sink wall, except that would be the best cabinets to store glasses in. So I was thinking of less upper cabinets. Also perhaps some open shelves for display - not too much because they just will be dusty. Also, it looks to me that none of the cabinets - high or low go up to the ceiling. So I would have lots of display space up there.

D said Villa was the only style that had the plain front. Out of zillions of door styles, only 2 are plain! Perhaps I could look at cheaper brand of cabinets. But don't want too cheap. Already he priced the bathrooms with a cheaper line. I would also like
someplace to the left of the sink to sit or hang a tv, so maybe kids will eat in kitchen for breakfast and snacks.

M.F.H.

New kitchen 3

New kitchen 2

3 Designs for new kitchen

Kitchen 2

Kitchen 1

Here are 2 views of my current kitchen. I want the new kitchen to look very similar to the current one.
M.F.H.