consuming stuff

I'm begining to realize that one facet of the home renovation project is a constantly growing and shrinking shopping list. Over the Christmas holiday one of Michael's relatives asked if we had a way of letting people contribute to the project from our blog. We jokingly tossed around the idea of adding a pay pal link for those with an overwhelming need to help us out.

Well, I don't think we will ever go that far but I did want to take a second to point out the category links we created in the right column. Basically we have written enough over the past few months to have critical mass. We have begun tagging the posts so that you can now track the developments of different categories of things. In addition to that, I also added the "stuff that helped" list a while back. Using those two lists in combination what we are going to try and do moving forward is this:

1) Only put literature that helped us to make or do something int he "stuff that helped" links. (I don't think it's the area for keeping my wish list.)
2) Tag all post about things that would be nice to have as "wish list" in the categories section-- sooooo, if you really want to help push the project along you can go there to garner up some ideas.

The first thing I am adding to this category would be bamboo floors. We have decided that  attic will have a somewhat japanese nautical feel. Think "The Last Samurai". To that end we want to install bamboo floors. We are leaning toward the vertical cut over the horizontal. Holly says that the vertical is a lot more resistant to marring. I just think it looks better. Not the most costly of finishes, I think it's a keeper.

Comments

[rebecca]

hmmm... interesting that the blog has taken a turn toward solicitations.... if we help, that is IF, is there equity involved??? i mean, really, nothing in life is free... you are, after all, living in nyc, with its notorious back scratching and all...
btw, i want a gold plaque on my piece of the house...

[rebecca]

let me know, and i'll send ten bucks...

[laurie Cearley]

enter-ex boyfriend of many years is the owner of Plyboo floors in San Francisco...he blames me for sending him a dying cat on a plane but that aside i might still be able to get you a good price on bamboo.