PDride Speaks Out

Friday afternoon, hoped to get away early, collect the fur kids from Ranch Road and head to the clean, non-mildew-smelling desert home for a brief respite from the madness that comes with renovating a kitchen and bathroom, as well as painting the whole of the inside of the house—I mean EVERYWHERE—closets, ceilings, walls, new baseboards. We left work around 4pm, not early, drove in rush hour traffic to pick up the kids, then more rush hour traffic to the desert. Walked into the PD house, hey! it smelled clean and fresh, there is an island in the kitchen! Cupboards line the walls, the pantry is full of staples and real food. There’s a sink, and oh wait, a microwave, oven, and cooktop, and best of all, the fridge is IN the kitchen! It’s amazing how after less than a week these simple niceties were such a joy to have again. We had a nice home-cooked dinner of chicken and veggies, shared a bottle of wine, soaked in the hot tub, sat by the fire under the stars, came in for an early nigh...

Love it or change it – out with the old… The dark with the light top for the island,  the white with a darker top for the rest. Having decided on our contractor on Monday, next steps involved choosing materials with which to replace the old. I met with the GC down at his storefront in San Diego on Friday. He had laid the cabinets we’d earlier discussed out on his table with some suggested countertop colors.  New tile for the floors - "hot, new" just released color. He’d also chosen some tiles for our floors for me to view. I came away from that meeting with the cupboards decided and some options for the floor and countertops to share for our final decision. I got a text on Sunday from the GC asking if he could come by the house with some paint samples. He also brought the tile sample that we had thought might work. He showed up shortly after with a box full of small pots of paint samples and laid the tile on the floor to see how it might l...