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Tuesday, November 20th, 201219 days without a kitchen is insane, totally and utterly crazy. There were days I thought I might loose my mind, but somehow we made it through. It was so worth it! The kitchen is amazing. Oddly enough it seems a bit too fancy for us. Bill and I are such simple people with such [...]
Day 14 and 15 of the Kitchen Remodel
Monday, November 19th, 2012I really wanted to get the kitchen completely painted before the countertops were due to come in. Thankfully I was able to do that. I am still not sure that I like this color. The way it looks in eggshell is completely different than the way it looks in semi-gloss. I may have to repaint [...]
Day 16 of the Kitchen Remodel
Friday, November 16th, 2012Today the cabinets came. They change the look of the kitchen so much! Finally the footprint is in of how the new kitchen will shape up. Pendant lights are bought but won’t be installed until the granite is in. I need to buy a new dishwasher this weekend since our old one leaked and caused [...]
Day 13 of the Kitchen Remodel
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012I painted the ceiling with a friend today. No picture because it is just a white ceiling. Use your imagination.
Day 9 of the Kitchen Remodel
Friday, November 9th, 2012Today the tile was replaced. So happy that we had enough tile from removing the old one and the couple spare tiles they had when building the house. The ceiling was patched and the drywall was fixed. He is coming back on Monday to replace the texture on the ceiling. I have made the final [...]
Day 8 of the Kitchen Remodel
Thursday, November 8th, 2012Today the hideous lighting was removed. We now have recessed lighting and we are prewired for three pendant lights over the bar. In addition we had another lightswitch added to the wall on the right since that will be the only entry into our new kitchen once it is all done.
Day 7 of the Kitchen Remodel
Thursday, November 8th, 2012Today the mold was removed from the kitchen and the walls and the insulation was fixed. The damaged cabinets were pulled and sent off to be rebuilt. I have been trying to figure out what color to paint our new kitchen. At first I painted the brown on the right but it felt a little [...]
Day 1 of the Kitchen Remodel
Thursday, November 1st, 2012On day one the kitchen was demolished, not all of it but a huge portion. We no longer have a sink in our kitchen. There is only one lonely countertop near the fridge. Ceramic tiles are cut out and the island has now been moved to it’s final resting place at the end of the [...]
Kitchen Remodel
Thursday, November 1st, 2012As I said earlier we have made the plunge to remodel the kitchen. Because of some dates and because of my inability to imagine a Christmas where my kitchen wasn’t bursting at the seams with baked goods we had to make a choice to move up the date or wait until the new year. The [...]
Gallery Wall
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012Ever since I bought this house 10 years ago I have dreamed of a gallery wall going up my staircase. I have always had one reason or another as to why it wasn’t done yet. This year I was able to see it through. It isn’t complete, but neither are my years of photographing the [...]
Beautifying the Place
Sunday, November 13th, 2011Over the last month we have been working on the house a bit. We had a full patio put on the back with two ceiling fans on it so that next summer it will have more shade and breezes on those days when there is no breeze in sight. The patio looks perfect and people [...]
The Room is Complete
Monday, March 21st, 2011It is amazing that within nine working days our loft went from a huge open space to a completed room. The change has made a new room for Annie and created space for everyone to have their own room. Before: After: The kids are settling into their bedrooms. It was a long weekend getting all [...]
Textured
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011The texture was put up on the walls today. It was loud and crazy. The room is really coming together quickly. The contractor thinks he may have it all up and ready Friday night.
More Mud
Monday, March 14th, 2011Not much of a change in the room, just more mud on the walls.
Boxed In
Thursday, March 10th, 2011The drywall went up and it is easy to see exactly how different the loft looks now. Here is a picture from inside the new room. The photo is taken from the closet.
Electrified
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Day 2 and the electricity was put in. The HVAC guy came buy and said that moving the air 4 feet would be ridiculous so the vent doesn’t need to be moved. (This fact probably only matters to those paying for this since it decreases the price.) Drywall is being hung today.
Things are starting to take shape
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011With only one day of construction in it is amazing to me that we already have a view of what this is going to look like. Frame is up and tomorrow HVAC and electrical come in. The kids love to come home from school and go see what Freddy has done. He is such a [...]
Constructing a new room – Before it all begins
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011Here is the space all cleared out. At this point we realize that Annie’s new room will be the biggest of all the kids rooms. (Shh don’t tell Kimmie.) The kids liked tumbling around and hanging out in the open space. Soak it up now because it won’t be there long.
A New Room
Friday, March 4th, 2011When we decided to grow our family through adoption we always knew that one day we would add a fifth bedroom to our upstairs. That day has finally come. Monday morning construction will begin to create a new room out of our loft. Here is our current loft. I will get pictures as the days [...]
On the plush side
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Today we had the house recarpeted. To say we were excited would be a huge understatement. The carpet is so plush. Totally worth hanging out in the backyard all day. They brought just a little bit for the house. We had berber carpet that was 14 years old, this is a huge improvement. We went [...]
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