Barstools

We love our kitchen. It was one of the most expensive parts of our house when we were in the design center. We didn't really intend it to be, and it was a little overwhelming, but we certainly love it now. However, because we bought at the VERY BEGINNING of the development,(the 11th home) the models were not complete yet, and that really didn't matter anyways, because the home we bought wasn't even one of the models. And these were "new" homes, so they weren't even built somewhere else to go and look. Our only chance to look at our home, other than on paper, was the home behind us. This was the 1st home being built, and it was a "spec" home. It was our model and they were about 8 weeks ahead of us on build time. So we made it a Sunday ritual after dinner to drive to our development and walk through "our house." We were happy with what we were seeing, and excited to see things we had no idea we were getting. We were able to make some "changes" along the way as we saw thing installed in the "spec" house. We would call the design center and ask "Is this standard?" Surprisingly, a lot of it was, but we were able to make some late changes because we didn't know any better.

So after saying all that, we LOVE our home. It is great. But the ONE THING that made us crazy was our extremely high bar counter. It sat empty with no bar stools for a VERY LONG TIME. It was higher than the standard stools, so we would need "custom" stools that ran about $250+ each. We were in no place to be spending $1000 + dollars on bar stools, so we just waited.

Moving Day

(the only picture I had of the bar)

We finally got sick of the empty place and bought 4 bar stools at Linens N Things for $140 and called it good. We weren't completely satisfied, but it would do the trick until further down the road.

Well we aren't at that point yet, however this is what we are dealing with.

Doing Dishes

Washing His Hands

Getting a Snack

Looking at Dad

Kruz can pull these bar stools to anywhere he wants, he can climb onto them, and can basically reach anything he can get his hands on.

They are swivel bar stools and I think he might just break his neck. I am about tempted to put these bar stools away for awhile and go back to our empty bar.