We were in Ft. Collins yesterday and picked up our door handle. Matt found a brand new, in- the- box handle/deadbolt for $89 on craigslist. It is beautiful! Anyway, it was located a few miles from Matt's parents' home. The day we saw it on the net, Don ran right over went and got it for us, commenting that it was "way nicer than our door" (he did not know we had a new one on order). This handle would easily retail for $300. Of course Don and Judy would not let us pay them back, so I am not including the cost in my calcs. (Thanks Don and Judy! Love you guys. ) (Matt tried to tell his dad that he found an Orange and Black Mustang on craigslist and was wondering if he would mind picking that up too :) )
I painted my little wall column with chalkboard paint ($12 plus special roller $6) but I can't put chalk on that for a few more days. Matt is going to build little narrow pocket shelves out of extra cabinet materials for cookbooks, etc. I think my 1950s replica phone looks pretty cute there right now. I also put some stain on the hanging pantry thing. I think it looks good with the cabinets. I may change my mind later. Who knows? Also note that Matt put up the backer for the stone ($28) on the old pantry wall.
One final thing. Matt has a tendency to make fun of my "Oklahoma-speak" (such as "feel of this" instead of "feel this"). Well he thought it was funny the way I referred to Home Depot as "the Home Depot." Well people --we were at Home Depot last night and guess what? The name of the store is "THE HOME DEPOT." I took a picture. Stay tuned for what we got at THD-- to be blogged about at a later date.
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