House purchases
Room
Item
New Supplier
Cost Estimate
Kitchen
Telephone (cordless)
Panasonic
$200
Range/Oven
Kitchenaid KGRT607HBL4
$1319
Fridge/Freezer
Kitchenaid
$1348
lights (above room)
Minka, Lavery
$340
Microwave Oven
Kitchenaid
$100
Electrical work:
o Installation of two electrical boxes in the ceiling for Minka Lavery lights
o Replacement of the above sink light with a recessed light
o Removal of existing ceiling electrical box


Towel rack (clear acrylic)
Clear Solutions

Electrical work:
o Installation of 3-gang electrical box in wall by entryway
o Wiring of above sink light into a 3-way switch controlled by the entryway box
o Installation of dedicated 15A electrical circuit to the oven hood area for eventual use by a microwave oven
o Installation of dedicated 15A electrical circuit to under the sink for eventual use by an instant hot water heater
o Outlet (under sink) for hot water heater
o Outlet (inside cabinet above range) for microwave oven


Dishwasher
Bosch 800 series? [Froogle]
LG LDF7932BB?

Avoid Kitchenaid, they've gone to sh*t since being bought out by Whirlpool

Under Cabinet Microwave / Range Hood
Kitchenaid, KHMS1850SSS [link] $600
Kitchen cabinet hooks
Home Depot
5/18/2002 $4
Cabinets & Countertop
Home Depot KraftMaid [link]
~20 lineal feet
Solid surface countertop
Lower cabinet next to dishwasher needs two rollout platforms for pots & pans
High Back Roll-Out Trays [link]
Base Pantry Pull-Out [link]
Ironing Board Kit [link]
$5000
Sink
Home Depot, Kohler 2 hole white enamel
$200
o faucet control & pull-out faucet
American Standard Culinaire Pullout Kitchen Faucet [link]
Can be installed in 1 or 3 holes
Looks great in chrome
$367
o Hot & Cool Water Dispenser w/ inline Water purifier
In Sink Erator HC3-SS, with white neck and white handles [link]
$310
Kitchen light hardware

o 3-device electrical box faceplace

o 2 @ 3-Way Z-Wave electrical switch
    (above sink light)


o wiring for under-cabinet halogen lamps (extension from range hood)


o electrical boxes for 2 ceiling lamps

o mounting hardware for 2 ceiling lamps


o light (above sink)
Recessed
$50
o lights (under cabinet)
Home Depot, Halogen

Rice Cooker
Zojirushi, Neuro Fuzzy  NS-ZCC18
$155
Hot Water Dispenser (freestanding)
No name
$21
Electric Meat Slicer
Rival
$50
Kitchen cutlery drawer inserts
Home Depot
$20
Japanese Knife Holder
William Bounds
$60
Pots & Pans
Int'l Food Mart Newport, NJ
5/11/2002 $86
Tongs
No name
$7
Hot glove
Orca
$19
Bowl [for mixing sushi rice]
Rubbermaid
$10
Cutting boards (3)
Mitsuwa
$24
Storage containers (10):
unagi, kyuuri, abogado, surimi, oshinko, inari age,
shitake, saba, sake & maguro
Proo
$70
Container for mixing rice & vinegar [low & square]
Rubbermaid
$10
Squeeze bottle [for unagi kabayaki]
Mitsuwa
$4
Sushi display tray
Mitsuwa
$18
Vegetable peeler
Oxo
$6
Sesame seed shaker
Sur la table
$2
Wok Ikea
$12
Utility
Clothes Dryer
Kenmore, Elite porcelain top
$653
Water Heater
General Electric
$618
Fridge/Freezer White-Westinghouse
Free
All-in-one Clothes Washer/Dryer
Splendide 2100
$1200
Cabinets (above laundry)
Home Depot
$35
House Energy Monitor
T.E.D. w/ monitoring software
[link]
$185
Electrical Work:
o Move 240V Circuit breaker to opposite side of electrical panel
o 15A Circuit Breaker for Microwave Oven in Kitchen
o 15A Circuit Breaker for Instant Hot Water Heater in Kitchen
o 15A Circuit Breaker for Home Energy Monitor


Furnace/Air Conditioner/Pump


Den
Executive Chair
Office Depot
$32
Glass Shelving
Wallscapes, glacier collection
$172
Desk
Bush, Aspen
$422
Magnifying Lamp
Grandrich
$15
Window Blinds (cordless)
Levolor, Mark I 58½" High x 717/8"Wide
$135
Bedroom #2
Cable jack
Comcast cable jack installation
$26
Cable conduit
Home Depot
$52
Lights (above room)
IKEA, Lina
$70
Low Voltage Lighting Transformer (60W)
Cooper Electric Supply
$45
Window Blinds (cordless)
Levolor, Mark I 58½" High x 35½" Wide $78
Entryway
light (above room)
Besa Lighting 967052-SN (Marble w/ Satin Nickel holder) 300W [link]
Home Depot Quoizel EL 1284CB M-12" LT Halogen semi-flush 150W
$100
Living Room
Couch (sectional)
Elran
$3498
Electronic Thermostat
Home Depot
$32
Smoke/Carbon Monoxide detector
Loews
$30
Window Blinds
Levolor, Mark I 58½" High x 355/8" Wide $78
Video Projector
1 x 1080p DLP min 2000 ANSI Lumens, 3 x laser

Projection Screen (retractable)


Master Bath
Electric toothbrush
Crest SpinBrush ProWhitening
$11
WaterPik TwinTurbo Showerhead
Bed Bath & Beyond
$37
Dresser (bath vanity)
36½" x 22½"
Countertop/sink


Faucet
Moen, Villetta (L4721) [link]
$84
lights (above sink)


lights (above room)


Mirror (behind sink)
Home Depot  36" high x 36½" wide

Door pulls (for vanity)
Home Depot  Allied Brass AT-10 chrome
$14 each
½ Bath
Sink
Glacier Bay
$28
Faucet
Moen, Villetta
$84
Medicine Cabinet
Kohler
$153
Medicine Cabinet lights
Kohler
$52
Sink Pedestal
Glacier Bay
$20
Digital scale
Soehnle
$154
Medicine Cabinet recessing cost
Harvey Becker
$750
Master








Pedestal Bed
Jason Stumpf
$4600
o Chest with Dressers
Jason Stumpf

TV Storage Pedestal
Sears
$125
Mattress (King Size)
Serta, Perfect Sleeper Seville
$510
light (dresser)
Loews
$30
Document Shredder
Royal 160MX 16 sheet
$148
Executive chair
Staples
$86
Windows
??

Video Cabinet (lockable)
Stacks and Stacks 260 DVD [link]
Battery Guys 260 DVD [link]
$150
$150
Baseboard Molding
Home Depot

Window Blinds (cordless)
Levolor Mark I 58¼" high x 71½" wide
$135
Dining Room



light (above room)
Sears
$15
Glass table (no chairs)
Coaster 100501 (w/ Free shipping, plus tax to Manhattan) [link]
$390
For a future Victorian home: Table & Chairs
? Gallery on AC Boardwalk, upscale Chinese furniture

Housewares AV Receiver
Yamaha RX-V361
$213.99
Vacuum
iRobot Roomba Discovery Scheduler IntelliBin
Hammacher Schlemmer $329.95 w/ free shipping (coupon code VISAON06) w/ lifetime warranty [link]
$329.95
Vacuum
iRobot Roomba 530
~$250.00
Vacuum
Neato Robotics XV-11 (purchased from Amazon on December 23, 2011) $349
Workroom
Appliance truck
Home Depot
$60
Bicycle Hoist
PROSTOR Ceiling-mount Bike Lift Hoist $25
Entire House
Replacement Windows & Glass doors

$2000
Discretionary
Purchases
Hamster Detector
Convergence Tech [link]
$75
Magen Dovid Pendant
Chinese Crystal Healing Store in East Brunswick
$137
Camera tripod
CompUSA
$16
Hamster terrarium
FreeCycle
$0
Transformers Action Figure
High Score 100 figure [link]
$10
Meat Slicer


Laser disc player
Pioneer CLD-V2600 [eBay]
$50
1GB Flash drive in a 2X4 LEGO brick
Zip Zip [link]
$33
Drink dispenser (Hydraulic Post Mix)
Wunder-bar [link]
$500
Play Room
Dry Erase Paint
Rustoleum

Magnetic Paint
Rustoleum

Foam Rubber Tiles
Wondermat [link]

Large Foam Rubber Building Blocks
EduBlocks (Israeli) [link]
LEGO Dacta Soft [link]

Pool Table (integrated ball return)
Harvard

Air Hockey Table

Foam rubber toy chest (teflon/nylon runners, plastic hinges or rubber hinges, & ask kids if they want rubberized gems on the outside)

Marble Run (LEGO compatible)
Block and Roll [link]
Buy from Taurus Toy

Power Wheels Vehicle

Electronics Lab Hobby Tron 500-in-1 [link]


Research:
Kitchen Faucet Research
Kohler (all models were ugly)
American Standard
  Culinaire Pullout Kitchen Faucet ($367) Can be installed in 1 or 3 holes  (Great looking in chrome)
  Ceramix Hi-Flow Kitchen Faucet ($195) Requires 3 holes; faucet, control, & spray  (Nice looking)
Moen
  Extensa ($382) Can be installed in 1 or 3 holes  (Good looking)
  Salora ($265) Can be installed in 1 or 3 holes  (Mediocre looking)

Purchase an air gap to fill a 3rd sink hole?
  Moen Air Gap

Meccano, Erector's manufacturer, is French.