A tile that's "so Lily"

We got tiles today. Lots and lots of tiles.

We've gone to 4 tile shops around Manhattan and Brooklyn in search of our perfect bathroom tiles. We wanted rectangular shaped beige tiles. Sounds pretty generic right?!? It's so impossible to find them. Of course, it may be because we're picky - we wanted a certain shade of beige; the edges have to be crisp; it couldn't be too swirly, but couldn't be too solid; it couldn't be too big or too small. (this is beginning to sound like our refrigerator hunt). We finally found our perfect bathroom tile at Mondial Tile in Brooklyn.

Today, on a rainy Thursday evening, we went back to buy.

The challenge today is finding the perfect accent strip to accompany our tiles. We were in luck! We found the perfect accent strip for our bathroom. It totally adds our personality to the room without negatively affecting the resale value (hopefully). Sean describes the tile as "that's so Lily". I'm totally stoked!

FYI - if you're ever tile shopping in the NY area - Mondial Tile is a family operated business and they are the nicest people. I feel like they're family. They aren't afraid to tell you when they think something looks awful and they get really excited when you pick something that they think will also look fantastic.

Seeking a refrigerator that's "just right"

Sean and I have been feeling a bit like Goldilocks. We've been on the hunt for a refrigerator...

... those refrigerators are too deep
... those refrigerators are too wide
... those refrigerators are too tall

With the plethora of fridges out there, it seems rather impossible to find one that's "just right".

ohmygoshweboughtakitchen

We've made a giant step in our renovation progress today... we bought a KITCHEN!

We're still waiting for all the paperwork to go through with our building's managment, but IKEA was having a 10% off Kitchens sale that ended this weekend, so we zipped on out and flashed our plastic. Several digits later, we own a very flat but soon to be beautiful kitchen!

And we're making a MAJOR improvement over our current kitchen, which is uglier than the cardboard boxes in which our new kitchen is arriving.

So here are some pictures from our big expensive exciting day.

AND A MOVIE. 'Cause we're such technodorks.








(Of course we had to get some swedish meatballs...)

Tonight is our answer...

... we stay. We stay in the United States, we stay in New York, we stay in our first home.

Sean and I said that if McCain won this election, we move. We move to another country. We move to another planet. We move anywhere that is not the United States of America and endure four years of McCain and Palin representing the country we live in.

We're ecstatic that we don't have to move. I suppose that means it's time to renovate :)

P.S. A few of us went to Ben & Jerrys for the free ice cream and got our picture into the digital print of New York Times. It's cool that I can use a portion of my 15 minutes of fame being associated in the media with this fantastic and historical election.