Thursday, December 27, 2012

Use the Corner Wisely

跟 Laundry room 借了個牆角



起因是水果, 番薯馬鈴薯, 洋蔥等生食並不一定得全數塞入冰箱, 但流理臺上總擺滿了食物, 塑膠袋, 佔了很大的空間也亂七八糟的...



這個角落頭大約23” x 11”, 很少有這麼窄小的櫃子, 雖然在Ikea找到了對的尺寸, 原是用來裝玩具的TROFAST, 但落地櫃把小小的角落顯得更為擁擠, 其塑膠桶的收納抽屜也不美觀:

IKEA TROFAST

改試懸釘架子: 在Pinterest上找了幾個想法:

Source: No.1/ No.2/ No.3/ No.4
算來算去, 還是去HomeDepot買一塊長木板($8.00), 自己切自己漆最經濟實惠, 再配上 Ikea EKBY KANNA bracket 特價一個還是要$3.00




當時整修廚房的油漆工人工不細, 角落頭就直接上漆, 過沒幾個月就出現裂痕, 還得勞動查理斯重新補修: 先得把裂開的漆刮下, 上joint compound, 黏上masking paper, 再上一層compound, 等乾磨平再補漆:
為了這個修補這個角落, 還特地買了這只專修角落的工具



切了20"長的板子, 對齊中間, 栓上brackets就成啦!



常看水果洋蔥等大多都集中在籃子或金屬網裡, 可是查理斯發現每每只稍微一擺久, 水果外皮都會產生壓痕, 接著就很快爛透, 於是我選用Ikea LIDAN baskets 這樣塑膠質地的布袋來裝生食水果, 既不悶氣也不易損傷食物外皮, 髒了還可以直接丟洗衣機, 一舉數得!

一開始就很喜歡 Ikea FINTORP 小盆吊籃的設計, 可是一個就要$12.99再加一條橫桿$7.99, 兩三個下來那真是昂貴又不重用的收納方式, 就是蘋果也放不了四五顆; 於是就只放一籃在另一面廚房的角落, 是不是整潔多啦?!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas 2012 !!!

期許自己一個project: 每年選一段經文, 設計一款聖誕賀卡, 數算過去一年的恩典:)



Merry Christmas!!

今年是 thechusweethome 第一年的聖誕節, living room 繼續施工中...

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Break the Walls Down

上個周末起查理斯開始進行 living room 的整建工作, 重點是 insulation 添加玻璃棉; 從 plaster 換成 drywall, 重漆是必要的事, 鼓起勇氣想嘗試一次"超"大膽的顏色, 既然牆壁要拆, 不妨試試?!? 

Benjamin Moore - Classic Red Living room

要漆上對的紅色難度很高, 就連好的樣本圖都不見得找得到幾張... 在HomeDepot試了兩罐Samples, 是有點怵目驚心... paint the wall red 還是需要很大的勇氣地...

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Rudolph the Mini

Although we don’t have a Christmas tree this year, we have Rudolph the Mini!!

We found it on Amazon, and it was advertised fitting a mini cooper S!

Reindeer Auto Outfit 2012

Before two-becomes-one, Charles owned a 1998 Toyota 4runner and I drove a 2004 Toyota Scion XA. We were pretty loyal to our cars because they barely caused us any troubles and both had amazing spaces for our needs. We gotta give Toyota a credit for that!

Sources 1 & 2

The 4runner was about to meet its 200,000 miles and it cost Charles about $300+ of gas per month. Right after we got married, we started looking for a “fun” car, which gives us a better gas mileage and most importantly, fun that is. However, horsepower doesn't mean much to me, but for a dude? Hell yeah! We test drove both Cooper and Cooper S. Charles just loved that sport mode in Cooper S all so very much.  

So yep, we dressed her like the Rudolph the red nosed deer for her first Christmas being a part of thechusweethome. XD


Thursday, December 6, 2012

Hang on the Wall

Finally I made more progress to decorate our new kitchen like a cute little bistro!


I used to decorate my former condo kitchen with these sassy little chefs on the wall. I liked them very much and decided to do the same to our current kitchen.

Our kitchen is much bigger but unfortunately less wall spaces for the two ladies (11" x 14"). Therefore, I replaced them with three little fat chefs with smaller frames. 
 

I also got this coffee silhouette hook from Amazon and hung some little cute accessories: (from left to right) a tiny cup from a capsule toy, Charles’ bottle opener, a California souvenir key chain, and a miniature wooden spoon.

You might spot the chef decor here and there already:

The clean/dirty sign for the dishwasher was surprisingly Charles’ idea and I found this cute little chef one on ebay! 

We shopped the valances in Anna’s Linen on black friday weekend. We had these two choices in mind:
 
and we both preferred the brown one with the cute variety coffee cups
Need to tie it up one strap at a time
Oh, by the way, Charles has fixed the window I broke months ago so the cardboard cover has been removed. XD

Monday, December 3, 2012

Countdown to Christmas

This year is the first Christmas in thechusweethome. However, we don't plan to have a Christmas tree because Charles is about to start another insulation project in our living room.

So, I got myself a Pinterest Challenge to get some holiday spirit - an advent calendar

Difficulty: Easy


 

 This is where the idea comes from:
younghouselove
I found the same multi-use hanger in Goodwill
for $4.99. The original source is Ikea KOMPLEMENT, which is designed to store 28 accessories.


The plastic snowflakes were found in Dollartree, 10pcs for $1.00. I purchased two sets of them that gives me 20pcs.




I decorated the rest of the empty spaces with some ornaments that I have received over the years. This little Angel is 100% handmade craft from a very talented lady :)

The numbers were fairly easy, just computer print-out cut and paste on a leftover color paper.


Even though I liked the combination of blue and green that the younghouselove picked out, I went with the traditional red and green. More Christmassy.

I found these great decoration stuff in Dollartree & 99cents store, cheap and neat


Total Spending on this project: $7.99

I haven't figured out where to hang the calendar though... Maybe in the hallway?


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