Sink Hunt

So this is a little out of order, I haven't shown you our counter-tops yet, but I went on this sink hunt before we found the counter-top because I knew we would have to have one. So...I'll show you the counter-tops later this week! 

Long story short: We had to get a new sink.  I didn't want to pay $$$$ for it.  So I heard about this warehouse construction sale happening downtown so my MIL and my dad went with me. It was great fun, however, they were $$$ which wasn't what I wanted.  I wanted $ and would have settled for $ 1/2. Which we did in the end. We got a sink and faucet at trusty HD for $245ish and it had a dish rack. Score. :) 

I wanted a big sink.  A big farmhouse sink if possible. 

I wanted a deep sink. Because I feel it's more useful. 

I wanted the sink to be open to be one bowl not two.  But most of these would have worked, I guess.
Except that they were so expensive and heavy(the middle one) and used (the right one), which isn't too bad, but not for me. I knew I could do better.

This one was cool, but aside from being mucho $$$$ it was so industrial, not really the vibe of our kitchen.

We bought this one from Home Depot. It's awesome. It's $230.  Which is pretty good comparatively. Not CHEAP but well worth the expense.  It's a wonderful sink! Daniel likes it.  I like it. It's a win-win-win. 

So what do ya'll think? What kind of sink do you have? Do you have a dream sink? 

Love,

Sarah

The Foster House--House Tour (before)

Ok guys, bear with me, this post has a LOT of pictures! 

The Foster house.  Our house.  <3

       

This "F" came from one of our dear friends, he said "Now
you have a big F in yard" :)

Our cute little front porch

Our ultra retro kitchen....yeehaw. 

The door from the kitchen to the carport.

Our bathroom.  The only room in the house to have prior renovations. 

We think that the shower area, which is HUGE, used to be a Cinderella tub. 

something like this was probably in that shower space.
 (picture from retrorenovations.com a great source for retro inspiration!)

Another angle of the shower

I was so stoked about the new house!!

Daniel's closet.  The Master has two closets this size. 

The closet I claimed had only shelves. yes, has is past tense. 

This is a wide angle of our room.  Two great big windows! 

This is the guest bath, dubbed the "blue bath", the original wood floors

blue blue blue!!!

view from the hallway

The guest room closet was painted green....

the "office"

the Hallway

The dining room after we removed the light fixture

The back deck that we have high hopes for....someday soon. :)

The living room, with it's big ole' window!
You can really see the smoke damage around the vent. YUCK!!!

SO,  I hope that gives you a good idea of what the house looked like before.   I am excited to share with you in the coming days and weeks what the house looks like now!!!

Love,

Sarah

Welcome to Life at the Foster House!

Hey there! I'm Sarah.  I've been wanting to start a blog for months and months.  I just never knew how to start.  I don't really have any idea today either, but you've got to start somewhere.  

Right?

So figuring out what to call the blog was pretty tough.  There were several different options and maybe one of them would be catchier but I thought that if I want to write about my life that I should start with that.  First of all, NO I did not come from foster care or have any foster children.  I have friends in both categories and have the highest respect for them.  No Foster is my married name.  There is a "punny" joke that my family likes to tell about me.  My maiden name is Beach (yes, I know it's pretty awesome!)  So the [dad]Joke goes: "You moved from the Beach house to the Foster house, kind of a downgrade don't you think Sarah?" Har, Har, Har.  :) 

I am starting this blog for two reasons. 

Reason 1. I love reading fashion/lifestyle blogs.  Some of them I want to steal ideas from, some of them I don't.  Some of them spend way more money on clothes and such than I would ever dream and others inspire me to invest more in my look.  Yeah, sometimes it's a catch 22, but that's just the way it goes.  It's a fun challenge to find that balance!

Outfit I wore to work last summer!

From National Shoe Lovers day
(you'll learn how much I love shoes eventually)

   

    

Shopping at Loft with my Momma

                                                      

 Reason 2.  My husband and I bought a house back at the end of August.  It was (yes mostly that is past tense term) a total wreck, but had incredible potential and great bones.  We have almost 7 months sprucing up our house and making it ours.  Aaaannnd, we are still at it!  We only JUST put our oven and dishwasher in two weeks ago!  We had to wait so long because that is when we put our kitchen floor in!  Man, we waited SO long for that! I would have liked to start blogging at the beginning of our home renovations, but we were working non-stop.  My husband and I both have full-time jobs and so now that things are settling down a little I hope to be able to go back and share all of our renovation stories with you!! 

I was so excited to take pictures of the house!
(I'll share more of those later!)

Our obligatory house keys picture in front of our door

....and one more of this cutie, because I love him!! 

 There are so many things I am excited to share with you!  I look forward to sharing my heart and improving my writing/blogging skills and hopefully learning about myself (and YOU!) in the process.  I hear if you are good at this blogging thing you end up making friends with your readers, well at this point if you read this today (the birthday of Life at the Foster House) I am probably already friends with you, so THANKS for reading my dear friends and I hope to see more of you!!  

Love, Sarah