Resources, a round up of sorts [part HARDWARE]

Welcome to day two of my resources round-up. Today, house junk stuff hardware. 

Ben and I are totally making it rain on the economy right now.

But, we don't want it to rain any more than we have to. Our philosophy with the house is, "We only want to do this once. Seriously." The 'Seriously' is really important to our mantra. We're buying things that fit in our budget now, but will hold the test of time and style throughout the time we are in the house and hopefully whoever buys it from us in 2090. 

Flooring is a major part of our near-term plan. We did a HUGE amount of research, and we found the best deal and quality from Lumber Liquidators.  Specifically, we are buying a beautiful engineered hardwood floor from Virginia Mill Works. 

right here. 

It's a cinch to install [at least it sounds that way...] and should be in our possession early August for installation. It's free shipping if you pick it up at their warehouse and for about 800 sqft of floor + pad + replacing all the baseboards our bill is going to be about $4,500. Not bad for a floor of this quality and prettiness!

Oh, and just so you can see our beautiful baseboards:

right here. 

The next big project we have going is replacing all our chintzy light fixtures. Again, they were probably all the rage (or cheap) at one time. They've definitely served their purpose and it's time to get something that reflects our style.

I love art-deco style, and have found some amazing things at Rejuvenation Hardware. Like this pretty:

right here.

Also, Rejuvenation was started right here in Portland. They have countless combinations of every fixture (including NICE LOOKING BRASS. EHMEHGERD.) I need to make a trip to their shop and stop oogling online.

I've also found some great things at School House Electric. They are also based here in Portland and have a shop RIGHT next to Lumber Liquidators. Found this little pretty there:

right here.

Imagine three of those lined up next to each other. Oh gerd, juss stahp.

I'm still pretty committed to trying to use local re-use/recycle shops like ReStore and Scrap for a lot of our fixtures and hardware, but it's nice to get a good idea of what I am looking for from Rejuvenation and School House Electric.

Tomorrow, part three of my resources round up: what's inspiring me lately!