Kitchen Finale

Here's the kitchen! I realized we haven't updated the blog with pictures since we painted the walls and oven and finished the redo.

Last night we installed this awesome floor. It's just bright, glossy white -- long, rectangle sheets of laminate flooring. It was an awesome affordable solution to the dirty linoleum.

Love it.

More family room design

Things have progressed in the family room since we last checked in... finally chose a paint color and got new carpet! The base moulding is in the garage being painted right now and we are planning our built-ins. The carpet color and fireplace are already final, now we just have to build everything else (and buy furniture).

Kitchen update!

Finally got rid of all that pink in the kitchen! we added mini halogen lights and granite tile counters, plus a huge new sink! This will totally do until we have money for a real remodel.

New Pup!

We have finally decided that it is time to settle down and start a family. We are taking small steps so this little puppy is the first addition. :)

Her name is Chula and she was a shelter puppy. She's an american bulldog/boxer mix.
She has tons of energy and gets lots of sleep. She can already sit, stay, lay down, shake and roll over. She's having a hard time with "come here," but we totally adore her!

Working on Family Room

Here's the latest and greatest from the Chipster household: (click on pictures for larger view and to read captions)

blowing your mind.. one song at a time

2/17/10

i love music. i have no musical talent. that's the way it goes. oliver is the musician in this family, and that's enough i guess. but one thing i am good at -- patterns. i have a keen ear for patterns. so, when listening to music i can be pretty spot-on in recognition.

here are a collection of songs that have reminded me of other songs.. let me know what you think.

Rilo Kiley vs. George Harrison

are you serious?!? identical.

RK "Silver Lining" vs. GH "Sweet Lord"




Michael Stipe vs. Leonard Cohen.

REM "Hope" vs. Cohen "Suzanne"

... give it some time. you'll see.




Here's the latest..

Muse vs. a little known NYC duo Mommy & Daddy ..

might be the same electro-drum mix?

Muse single "Uprising" vs. MD "Confection" (c. 2005)




and i swear there's an innocence mission that's either hey mr. tambourine man or you've got to hide your love away.. but i can't remember which IM song..

BBQ Time!

We got an awesome deal on this gas grill - Lowes already raised their prices on them for the spring, but accidentally left the sticker on with last week's price! Yay for us - we saved about $200 bucks!
This picture is of the grill sticking out of our amazing car (honda fit) it hasn't failed us yet - It can bring home anything!

Family Room Design #1

Oliver had designed a few ideas on paper and then realized he makes things in 3D for a living... why not try a few designs for the family room? Here is the result of the first try - we are really liking it so far.