Sorry I’ve been out lately. I hate that. I have all these great post ideas floating around in my head and then I sit down to blog and all I want to do is hack up a lung and go to sleep. Yup. I have bronchitis. again. So far, that is the fourth time in this pregnancy….and technically speaking, I have only known I was pregnant since January….so that is an average of once a month for being down and out. I hate complaining about it when I am in the thick of it…but since I knew you were missing me like crazy, I thought I would let you know 🙂 Apparently, I don’t get morning sickness but I catch everything else while I am baby-laden. Also….pee-pads are my friend. Just thought since I was sharing…..
Anyhoo….I know a lot of you were asking about the kitchen hardware when I shared the kitchen basement photos…
I am really REALLY happy with them. And they weren’t that expensive.
Originally I started looking for black hardware because I am a fan of black hardware on white cabinetry….obviously….
this is our upstairs kitchen…
Isn’t the contrast so great? I love it. But in the upstairs I was going for a more traditional vibe and in the basement, I want more rustic/industrial. That is what landed me on having only pulls. I love the sleek black pulls with shaker style doors. I looked all over the place for the right ones at the right price. Here are some of the options that I found…
Ikea also has some options and they are ok but honestly, they all just seemed like ‘eh’ to me. Maybe it was the pregnancy brain. I just didn’t feel like they had much personality or much detail and the prices were kinda high for simple black pulls, right?!
So my brain process went like this….black….simple….not too plain….price under $5 a piece…and under 5″ spread. I needed a 5″ spread because I wanted them all to be the exact same and the smallest cabinet I had in the kitchen only allowed for 5″.
I found exactly what I was looking for on Amazon. Weird, huh?!
It was like finding Nicki Manaj in a twerking dance studio….oh wait….
So, Amazon….here are the pulls I bought
They came in a box with groups of ten packaged together.
The pull itself is really nice. It’s big enough for a man’s hand to grab….this is my hand…not a mans….but thank you anyway….
And I like that it has a little extra detail of the ‘cuff’ on the pull bar. It adds just enough interest for me while still looking industrial.
I installed it with a home-made template. I simply measured the full length of the pull against a piece of paper and cut it to length. Then I marked the center of the holes because I wanted the bottom edge of the hardware to line up with the shaker door detail. Then I measured the center of the vertical parts and marked where my paper should line up with the edge of the shaker door. I know that is weird to describe so just look at this picture….
It was super simple to install….just drill holes for the doors and screw in. The drawers were a little more complicated but Jeremy bought a countersink drill bit (here is the one he got
So that’s our cabinet door hardware in the basement. Super exciting.
Also…I have some more posts about this space but tomorrow I really want to share a fun random project. I think you will really like it….I know I do! Off to cough up a lung! Wish me luck 🙂
So as I was driving home just a bit ago, I thought of you. And then I thought, “Oh, I miss Katie.” So yeah- a weekend is too long, I guess. 🙂
I hope you feel better! I was the same way with my pregnancy- two stomach viruses and multiple colds. I was teaching full time, but my teacher-immunity did not stand up to pregnancy-catch-everything.
Get well soon!!
I had bronchitis at 36 weeks. The most miserable a sickness has ever made me. Coughing while carrying a 10lb bowling ball on your tummy… Feels a lot like your punching your self. Lol Don’t feel bad about mentioning it, your a tough cookie, praying for you!
Katie I am so sorry you are not feeling well. It is hard enough to be pregnant without being sick too. You probably know this already but do NOT use menthol cough drops. All they do is make more mucus. Use Hall’s breezers or any fruit hard candy. My ENT doctor told me. I used to smoke and could not stop coughing even a year later. They sent me to the ENT and when he walked in he said you are using menthol – STOP. I very rarely cough any more but if I do, I use a hard candy. Hope you feel better soon.
I had morning sickness with my boys and with my daughter I had two sinus infections, the stomach flu, and strep throat but no morning sickness. Hope you feel better soon.
empathy and sending extra cough meds — also in the thick of a bronchitis-sinus combo. BUT: still stripping ugly stain off my cheapo pine coffee table! with you in the trenches!
Chad and I both have bronchitis right now and it’s miserable…I’d imagine it’s infinitely worse while pregnant! Get better soon, Katie!
Hope you feel better soon and for good this time! 🙂
I hope you feel better soon and that this is the last of the bronchitis monster. I had bronchitis a couple months ago and it sucked. I totally feel your pain!
I LOVE those pulls, now I need to build something so I can use them. Hope you feel better.
Praying for you! And praying all this sickness stays at bay once a new baby is here.
I heard just yesterday that if you have a diastasis it could affect your lung health. I don’t know that you can actually heal it while you’re pregnant, but something to look into maybe.
That is something I will have to look into because I definitely had it after having LJ! My belly button popped this time almost immediately!
xo – kb
You go girl!
xo – kb
Aww man…are you able to get treated out of the country? How does that work?
xo – kb
I am hearing this more and more…no morning sickness but everyone’s immune system takes a hit!
xo – kb
Ugh so sorry to hear about the bronchitis (again!). feel better soon!
I like the pulls a lot! When I redid our kitchen a few years ago I got my pulls off of Amazon as well! I was able to get exactly what I wanted (black, iron-looking) and they were only $1.57 a pull which was super exciting since it was less than what I was looking at at Lowes and Home Depot. I have white cabinets too and I like the contrast.
I know the last thing one wants in Georgia is warm moist air, but when I had bronchitis, I was told to use a warm mist vaporizer. Won’t say how long ago that was and treatment recommendations may have changed but might be worth asking about.
Praying for you.
Good job on installing pulls evenly and level. Mine are a hot mess.
Lovin that second image of the kitchen!! It looks gorgeous!
xo,
Seng
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Nice smiley face on the wall! 🙂
Love the hardware – just what I was looking for. So you did a countersink from inside the drawers?
Yes.
xo – kb
Katie,
I love everything! I’m looking for your posts about what countertops you used for this Reno, but I can’t find it! Do you have a good source? Can you recommend us something?
Thank you
Xo
Are you talking about the basement kitchen countertops?
xo – kb
Yes, those Katie!
I haven’t talked about them yet! I will though soon….we went with concrete 🙂
xo – kb
That’s what I thought! I was looking and looking for a final reveal, and couldn’t find anything. I thought that maybe I’d missed!
Can’t wait to see it now. Xox