Pre-reno Update

We are still waiting for approval from the city on the plans we submitted (June 9th) but there was a small victory when HM was able to get us demo permits over the counter!!!!! This means we have approval to take out the kitchen, extra walls, and floors. We just can't put it back together.....yet. I am confident we will have it all in place by the time the crew is ready for the next step.

I had my first meeting with the kitchen designer last Thursday and I will meet him again this Thursday to go over layout details and make final decisions. Since I have been obsessing over this house for months, under contract for three, I have a pretty clear idea of what I want. I like the designer's style and attitude so I am excited to give the final "okay" and get the order started (which has a 5-10 week lead time).

I want a kitchen that looks exactly like the opposite of the current one!

The closing date is fast approaching and I will be happy when we can get access to the place and get to work. Michael and I have watched enough YouTube videos and are feeling confident about our ability to DIY the apartment kitchen and bathroom. The whole apartment could use a fresh coat of paint, but I a going to try and pace myself.  We plan to paint the existing kitchen cabinets white and replace the gross counters with a black quartz from Home Depot. Add a new under mount sink and new appliances and I might actually enjoy cooking in it until we move upstairs!

Quartz for Apt. Kitchen.
It looks like it has greens and blues in this picture, but it is mostly black with a bit of grays.

Packing up our current house is going well. We always think of ourselves as clean and not the pack rat type, but the more I box up the more there seems to need boxing! With the Jr. League year starting up, my time management needs to be spot on in order to get everything done by our move date. Two out of town trips are not making things any easier. We are marking all boxes with either red, yellow, or green tape. Red means the box can be buried until after we move upstairs. Yellow means we may need it, but not too likely. Green means we will immediately unpack it when we move into the apartment. I hope this will help the movers when they bring it in to the new place.

This move is really happening! There are piles like this in every room.