lilies on the bay: 01.11

Thursday, January 27

Thrifty Thursday

All of ~~our,~~ mostly Aaron's, hard work didn't go unnoticed this week. Thanks to Michelle over at Thrifty 101 for featuring us in her DIY Thrifty Thursday showcase. We appreciate the feedback and look forward to displaying many more great projects as we attempt to bring our home from 60's to Stylish :)

Sunday, January 23

Before and After

New Year's Resolution...become a better blogger! It seems as though it's been snowing at least once a week this winter, never amounting to more than a couple of inches. Nonetheless the snow is making it difficult to be outside these days. Here it is almost Feburary so it's time to post some before and after pictures of the kitchen. If you've been following our blog you'll realize this has been the theme of our posts up until this point so hopefully I'll have some different projects to talk about from now on.

On to the good stuff, here are the pictures of the kitchen:
After Before

Last weekend Aaron installed the under cabinet lighting, if you can see there above the light switch near the sink there is a little black circle (sensor) the lights have three dimmer settings. It looks so great! Isn't the white wonderful! The whole kitchen just welcomes cooking and baking and hanging out.

We bought our countertops from Colonial Marble and Granite in King of Prussia, PA. We got a great deal on them, we paid around $2k for ~55 sq. feet of granite countertop, and they threw in ~30 square feet of free backsplash tile (plus they gave us a little extra...on the side), and a new sink and faucet! We'd definitely recommend them, plus we were given some nice advice on where to go if we travel to Greece, which I've decided is where we'll be going after we tie the knot :-P

I just hung our dining room curtains this evening, FINALLY, so here's a little artsy picture of the dining room I took with my Hipstamatic app. It gives the pictures a vintage analog feel.

...and we can't forget about Lexi, I picked up this little picture at Marshall's, since Lexi seems like a person most day.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their Sunday and come on Jets :)

meet danielle

"A girl who hits the river trail frequently when the weather’s right, a girl who still eats steak, drinks when she’s happy and is sort of a son of a gun in sundresses. She’s a tangible contradiction. Expensive coffee: Cheap wine. Trendy music: Nerdy Literature. Quiet thoughts: Wild dreams. Cold feet: Warm heart. She doesn't much believe in waiting or worrying, just living. Her heart requests simple and easy romantic moments that resemble shoulder kisses, thoughtful winks, and a guy that will bait the hook. Her favorite kind of people are the kind that make her smile the most. Throughout some of her research she has found that smiling can get you out of some serious trouble; and that ironically it can get you in some too. She manages to radiate calm in an energetic way. A self-proclaimed preference for chaotic organization she has never felt a rush from crossing items off a ‘to do’ list and never had a five year plan. Each day she becomes a little more aware that she’s too carefree, unconventional and forgiving, and each passing day, she steadily tries to remain that way. She doesn’t need sudden tragedy to illustrate how precious life is, she already knows."