Where we are and what is happening

We are in a nice house, in a great neighborhood, with great neighbors and a kitchen with enough space to entertain nobody, but The Littles. That is why we decided to plunge into the depths of home remodeling and not move into bigger house. We figured a new house entails so much more than just the price. Everything that we would want in a new house would cost us more in terms of mortgages, commute, convenience, taxes and time.

For a small period of time, we'll be inconvenienced (about 4 months)but in the end we'll have something that we've always wanted; bigger kitchen with a large enough eating space where we could fit our family and then some. Oh...and Andi gets her mudroom.

After spending time on countless remodeling tours and home shows, and dragging along our wonderful family members (see past posts with Eric and Ruth,) we settled on a contractor to do the job.

The OAR Group will be the one running the project and doing all the work. They have been great and seem to believe that we can get pretty much all we want for our price. I say pretty much because like everything in life, there's alway some compromise. Nothing major, we just won't get the imported Italian marble counter tops and instead will get a laminate.

Tomorrow, we have a remodeling appetizer. We're getting a new front door. Pictures to be posted once everything is installed. This new door will let in more light and give our front the appeal it so lacks.

Thursday we have our first design meeting with OAR and most likely we'll have drawing and designs to share with everyone so stay tuned.