Reno Rants (3)

I'm pretty excited about how the house is turning out.

After the incredible night in the City on friday, we turned out attention back onto our house and wedding preparations. Saturday morning saw us making a trip down to the Pines to meet our Wedding Banquet manager for a short meeting. After which followed up a meeting with our contractor.

I had expected the meeting to take about 1 hour max. Ended up, we were there for 3 hours. Phew! But it was all good. This is the part where it gets reallllly exciting. Work is scheduled to begin this week with the electrical and lighting parts of the renovations so we had to confirm where our lightings are.

I think our house is brilliant. Like literally. By the time we were through agreeing where and how many lights we wanted for the living area, I think I would need to wear shades at night. Well, at least it looks to me. We will be installing false ceilings and cove lighting, which I so totally love. Lighting is extremely important in the way your house looks, the way it is used will, in fact, change the way you see everything, the presentation of space.

Moving from the ceiling to the flooring was interesting. After long and hard considerations, I finally ceded the idea of duo-material flooring for the living area- much to the relief of the contractor, the interior designer and I think Cassilda as well. In the end, fuss-free maintenance and sheer practicality won the day and homogeneous tiles now would grace the feet of those who enter the house. Oh well, I'm pretty excited about the kitchen tiles.

Next stop will be carpentry. This includes our kitchen cabinets, living area storage, TV Console, bookshelves and wardrobe. Our kitchen is kinda tiny and choosing to hack down a wall and installing a oven isn't making the situation any better. Space is a premium in our tiny kitchenette and figuring out our configurations of drawers and shelves is a bit like playing the last level of Tetris.

Personally, I'm kinda excited about my living room cantilever storage and Tv Console. The Tv Console design that the designer showed me was kinda freaky. I had mentioned the week before to the interior designer that I saw one (well, a few) from AIR that I liked. I wanted to send him a picture during the course of the week but had been too busy to. Saturday morning, Cassilda and I decided to go to one of the AIR outlets at Park Mall to grab a catalog to show the designer. There, we saw the actual console that I had been eyeing and it cost a whopping $5000. I nearly died when I saw the tag.

But I took the catalog anyway. When the designer showed me the design he had gone ahead to proposed, without my input, I nearly fell off my chair. I pulled out the AIR catalog to show him and it was similar to the one I had wanted! And maybe a bit nicer! WOW! By now, I was sufficient impressed and freaked out at the same time.

At this point I must praise God and say that I'm rather happy with the contractor we have picked. Besides mind-reading, his quotes, professionalism and the 'un-contactorish' command of the english language is making this whole process quite pleasant. Left to see is his workmanship. I pray to God that He will make the following 6-8 weeks wonderful and that He watches every tile, paint, pipe, drill and wire.

Thank you Jesus. I know you will cause all things to work together for the good of all who love you and are called according to your purpose. Cassilda and I entrust our home to you - both to delight and receive the desire of our hearts.

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