FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005

Shopping list

Since I posted the to-do list, I might as well post the shopping list. These are the things we still need to buy before we hang out the “vacancy” sign (which we also need to buy).

  • Street sign
  • Spotlight for street sign
  • Light posts along driveway
  • Accent lighting on house?
  • Invisible screen door?
  • Stairwell keys with Darlington crest
  • TV armoire
  • Tablecloths, table liner
  • Kitchen sink, faucet, soap dispenser, water filter
  • Commercial dishwasher
  • Range hood, liner, exterior fan
  • Plates, cups, saucers, bowls, serving pitchers, platters, silverware, etc.
  • Wine carafes?
  • 4 twin mattresses (Boys’ room, Paymaster’s Office)
  • 3 queen mattresses (Kathryn’s room, Bill’s room, Summer Kitchen)
  • 2 twin/king converter
  • Sleeper sofa (Summer Kitchen)
  • Gas logs (Paymaster’s Office)
  • Stand-alone gas fireplace (Summer Kitchen)
  • Stand-alone electric fireplace (Boys’ room)
  • 4 electric fireplace inserts
  • 9 bedside lights
  • 5 alarm clocks
  • Lighted mirror (Kathryn’s bath)
  • 3 tub fillers
  • 4 hairdryers
  • Medicine cabinet (innkeeper bath)
  • 4 Vanity lights (Bill’s room, Boys’ Room, Summer kitchen, Innkeeper’s bath)
  • 1 Dresser (Bill’s room)
  • 1 Pool table
  • 3 wireless access points
  • 1 Paper folder
  • Backyard lighting (solar?)
  • 3 TV/VCR/DVD (Mansion, Summer kitchen, Paymaster’s Office)
  • 1 portable TV
  • 1 kitchenette with built-in microwave (Summer Kitchen)
  • 1 kitchenette with separate microwave (Paymaster’s Office)
  • 6 red chairs
  • 2 kitchen tables
  • pots/pans/dishes/silverware (cottages)
  • washer/dryer (Duet)
  • 1 folding table
  • 1 laundry sink/faucet
  • 40 drinking glasses
  • 4 luggage racks
  • 8 flower vases
  • Glass tops for all tables/dressers
  • 3 fans
  • Backup generator
  • Wooden blinds
  • Pictures/paintings?
  • 4 bedspreads (Amish quilts?)
  • 12 sheet sets
  • 12 washable blankets
  • Allergy “bags” for box springs, mattresses, pillows, comforters
  • 36 guest towels
  • Phone system (7 lines)
  • Credit card machine
  • Brochures, gift certificates, price sheets, guest comment cards
  • Travel kits (little toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, etc.)
  • Phone cards
  • Magnetic vehicle signs
  • Room diaries
  • 9 chandeliers (library, kitchen, hallway, Bill’s room, Paymaster kitchen, dormer, game room)
  • Front porch light