Spectacular Stainless Steel

If you have been checking my blog at all over the past month or so, you probably have come to the conclusion that I'm either working on a huge fabulous upgrade or I'm lazy and have been doing nothing at all. The truth is that work has me traveling a lot and I haven't had much time to focus on home improvement projects lately. The people at Home Depot miss me, I just know it. I was able to visit my favorite store last weekend and successfully made a couple purchases. I bought a new dishwasher and fridge (stainless steel of course!), both made by GE and Energy Star rated. The new appliances will cost less than $40 each in energy bills per year to operate...I wonder how much of an improvement that is from the original 1983 models. See Jeff testing out the new fridge below (note that we have multiple uses for the vegetable crisper drawer).


















After the installation guys left, I decided it was time to try and put in the beautiful new Kohler kitchen faucet (model: Forte brushed nickel w/pull out spray head) that my friend Sharmy sent me as a housewarming gift. I thought it would be best to read the instructions first since I would be messing around with the plumbing under the kitchen sink. It didn't sound that difficult, maybe a total of 10 steps or so. I made it to the first step - shutting off the water supply and then I had to call in Jeff. I'm so lucky to have a handy roommate, his mom taught him well! Jeff got under the sink to loosen the old leaky faucet which had rusted all the way through to the sink itself. It was quite nasty as you can see:
































The kitchen is now one step closer to being finished. I'm still contemplating on whether or not to paint the walls and cabinets. I might also get a new stove/microwave combo; although my current one is growing on me, it's quite retro looking don't you think?