I love the copper ceilings! I was thinking about the cost of designing my own stamp, and the tools to go with making them, to have husband punch them out. But I don't even know the cost of copper sheeting. Then I was thinking of ways to discolor other types of metal you can buy in sheets. Thinking too much.
If we buy the house we're living in, we need to switch the kitchen to the dining room, then the dining room goes to the kitchen. Massive dining room we don't really use, little kitchen we use a lot. In my head, I have it like this...
Raise the windows, they need replaced anyways. Still the ancient single pane sliders. That would make a "U" with two 45 degree inside corners. Cabinets would have to be custom built by husband, "off the rack" won't work. The air intake for the furnace would have to have it's own cabinet, and the open side would be the vent. At least it's in a spot to make that do-able.
The "nap room" thing, a 5x8 room off the dining room, just sort of tacked onto the house, would be insulated, redone, window removed, and made into a proper pantry since there are NO downstairs closets in this house.
Big archway into the living room. Lined up with that to create a walkway would be the Island area, with a stove top. Not sure what I'm doing with a fridge, it looks like it would have to go where my computer desk is.
There is a window cut into the wall into the existing kitchen. They wanted an archway, and found a supporting wall instead. (how do you not know that before cutting holes in the wall?) So I was thinking of doing a corner desk and additional cabinet storage, as well as book shelves. Like an office nook since the room is big enough for something like that. Then I could watch shows on Hulu while cooking.
Tile floor for dogs and any messes. Not a fan of laminate, it can peel, scratch, or get "snagged" by the fridge moving if you aren't careful. No granite, not the right neighborhood, and it chips/stains easy. You also can't clean it with anything abrasive or clorox, windex, 409... none of that.
I used to work for a granite countertop fabricator, and you couldn't pay me enough to have it installed in my house with how our lifestyle is. Same with the solid surface, Corian, Staron, ect because it scratches super easy. Granted you can have them come in and "resurface" it because of how it's made. I might consider a quartz composite though.
I would like a butcher block somewhere though, built in cutting board. And have it made really thick, so it could be resurfaced several times over as needed for years and years and years.
Also would add a built in strainer that goes right into an undermount sink (as opposed to a drop in sink where you see the rim) so that when I wash the pots and pans, I don't have to worry about the tray moving and dripping the water all over the place. I'm talking about the tray that you set the strainer on, the strainer would be free to move.
And one of those small cabinet style dishwashers would be cool. We don't have giant loads of dishes unless we wait a week. But a small one, run it every two days, and it would be way more efficient than a big standard one. Plus it's hidden away in a drawer!
We're lucky because all the plumbing is directly below in the basement, it would be easy to swap the rooms. We would also have full use of the old kitchen while building out the new one, so we could do it in stages as we could afford it.
But I'm pretty sure we won't be buying this house.. with what the market did.. our land lady would lose a lot of money. Though her other option is to sit on it indefinitely to see if it ever reaches back to what she paid. Lucky for her she can.
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