Awards already?

I've got exciting news! I've been voted the 2011 World's Worst Blogger! It took a lot of help to achieve this, and I wouldn't be here without the support, distraction, and necessity of my day job, freelance career, my gym routine, and the interwebs. Without these things, I would never have been able to blog as little and as lousily as I have thus far. I would also like to dedicate this honor to all of the brave men an women serving (read: blogging) overseas.

Okay, so perhaps I was the only person who voted, and perhaps I am not empirically qualified/quantified as the "World's Worst Blogger," but it certainly feels that way. PS: There IS a trophy for this sort of thing. It's basically a gold-plated remote control. Draw your own conclusions as to what that could be about.

Thankfully, E has been a good blogger - blogging about wantsies, closing, and early house demo. It's really happening, folks. Walls came down, cabinets came out, and lots of head-scratching and "what were they thinking"s followed. For a house that was touted as "move-in ready," we've been surprised (though never delighted) but the many architectural and decor odds-and-ends that we've encountered within it. I suppose "move-in ready," like everything else, is a relative term. (See: "The check is in the mail.")

What does this all mean, you ask? It means that we have spent the past week strategizing, brainstorming, pricing, spec'ing, comparing, questioning, and scouring the interwebs for all sorts of stuff to solve these unexpected challenges. And we're succeeding. I don't think there's a single instance where we've had to settle for something "less than," or scrap plans and start over on any of our projects. It's early, so knock e-wood, but I think we've found a good pace and method of operating.

Special shout-outs for the week go to K (E's other half), D (E's Padre), and S (E's Madre), who have spent more time working on house projects than E or myself. What was it Hillary said? It takes a village? She was talking about Makeoverhill, right?

Since a lot of the demo push has happened in my kitchen (well, E's kitchen, on the side of the place that I'll be renting), I feel like I am slightly obligated to give our reader(s? Are there more than one of you?) a tiny preview of some of the decor details that are planned for the space. Let's see if I can get the hang of posting a few pics...






































And, yes: these pictures are to scale and in proportion to each other. So lighting fixtures will be the same size as the kitchen cart. Can you imagine a 4' diam ceiling light? My kitchen is not the Paris Opera House. Yet.

Blog out.

P