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I am sooooo sorry. I have been beyond MIA the last week or so.  A lot has been going on. Things at the house are really coming together and it looks like our kitchen will finally be finished this week.  Our hot water and heat will be ready to go.  The house is insulated.  The rooms are painted.  All we need to do is another top-to-bottom cleaning to get rid of the TON of sheet rock dust that has settled on EVERYTHING and move furniture around. It has been a long time coming. So here is what has been going on. We finished installing the kitchen cabinets and the granite guys came to measure the island.  They said in the 9 years they have worked for the company, this has been the biggest island they have measured.  Hmmmm... Maybe we should have gone a bit smaller on the island? At first, I thought we would choose a granite that was bit more intense. Maybe something like one of these: It's hard...

Our 'new' house was built in 1897 and the last time our brand-new, state-of-the-art master bathroom was re-done was in 1925 (according to the newspapers we found in the wall during the demolition of said bathroom). Here are some pictures of our 'vintage' master bathroom: Pictures of what our bathroom looks like now:  For the last few weekends, we have been going to Porcelanosa . It's an amazing kitchen and bathroom store in Paramus, NJ that has tiles, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, bathtubs, showers, faucets and more. The styles they offer are very contemporary and are way too nice to be wasted on a run-of-the-mill bathroom. Here are some of the looks from Porcelanosa that we really love and some of the pieces that we are contemplating for our new master bathroom.  Love the feel of this open shower Like the way this shelf is built into the wall This modern take on an old school style would go great with our ...