Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Kitchen Flooring Choices

Nowadays, there are so many options other than ceramic and hardwood flooring. For my upcoming kitchen renovation I am considering between two types of flooring. 

The first option is VINYL Plank Flooring.

Vinyl Flooring
Vinyl flooring is a variant of linoleum. Thicker and more resilient, comes in tile and wood plank looks. Water-proof and very ideal for high-traffic areas including Kitchen and bathroom. Not exactly as cheap as linoleum but pretty reasonable at around $4-5/square foot.
Here are some that I am considering...

CORETEC Kingswood Oak

MOHAWK Noblesse Toasted Walnut

LINKWERKS Acacia Plank

LINNKWERKS Rapid Clic
  As you can see, I'm considering dark brown colors so that the transition form my hardwood to kitchen won't be so drastic. 

The other flooring we are considering is LAMINATE.

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Here are our choices for that...

TIMELESS DESIGNS Sienna

TIMELESS DESIGNS Espresso

MOHAWK  Bourbon Bayview Hickory

Rustique Aged Carob Oak planks

It runs around $3-5/square foot, very durable and scratch-resistant, but may have trouble with standing water.

So, what do you think? What kind of flooring do you have in your kitchen? 
Are you happy with it? If not, what would you change it too?
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Antiquing & Thrifting

I had a lovely time going over huge antique malls in Benton, IL last Monday after I dropped of my son off  to summer camp (sniff, sniff :-( ) in the morning. 
Here are some of the interesting items I saw...


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Vintage yard sticks for 25 cents

Gorgeous fabric on this sofa ! - $125

Cool Caning chairs - $ 100

Vintage Arcade games for $125 each

I'm in love with this gorgeous beaded 1920's dress - $250!!!!

This hand-made birdcage had to go home with me, just could not pass it up! :-) - $55

Super cool tin for $5

I did not stop there though, stopped by at my local GOODWILL and scored these...

Brass pots for $1 each! 'Silver' bowl for $1
$10 beauty!!!! Added the shade I had from a broken lamp - SCORE!!!!

After all this window-shopping, we luckily headed off to the lake for some R & R. Perfect way to end this summer day!






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Monday, July 15, 2013

Clearance Bar

CONFESSION: Me and my husband don't really drink alcohol.

I mean, we do, occasionally, a cocktail to celebrate a special occassion or a glass of wine during parties.

So having a bar in our home was not a big priority. However, I do have a small corner in my dining room that I wanted to put a bar cart in for friends and guests. I did not want to spend much for this corner and I am glad that I didn't have to.

So one Friday, here's what I came up with...


All the mirrors are from THRESHOLD line from TARGET




I used a lot of Mirrors from the THRESHOLD line of TARGET that I got on Clearance for $8 each for the big ones and $12.99 for all 3 small ones! Then I used a small $5 brown shelf I got from Menards months ago. Placed my clearance tray from Pier 1 and clearance Glass by ALTUZZARA from the Neiman Marcus for TARGET line. A cute  gold-rimmed bowl with fold spoon for olive and such that I got at a garage sale. I also added my paint-by-numbers- art I scored over at Cobden.  And of course my $5 ice bucket!

I think this will serve it's purpose for now. I still have yet to find a real bar cart for this corner, hopefully, on clearance too!


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