A FEW ODD FACTOIDS

I FORGOT A FEW THINGS.
WE PUT IN 3 NEW WINDOWS AND I HELPED PUT NEW FRAMES IN FOR THEM.
WE HAVE AN UNDERMOUNT SINK WHICH I LOVE IT IS GREAT.
THE CABINETS ABOVE THE FRIDGE ARE NICE AND DEEP TO HOLD MY BIG PRESSURE COOKER.
WE DID MOST OF THE WORK OURSELVES. WE DID HAVE AN ELECTRICIAN COME DO THE ELECTRICAL AND OBVIOUSLY THE CABINET GUYS AND COUNTERTOP GUYS.
WE TORE DOWN THE OLD KITCHEN, PUT UP NEW WALLS, PAINTED THE NEW WALLS AND INSTALLED OUR FLOORING. IT IS THE LOCK TOGETHER STUFF, AND SO FAR I REALLY LIKE IT.

WE GOT A GOOD SURPRISE AT THE END. BRANT WAS TEARING UP SOME CARPET IN OUR ENTRYWAY IN THE FRONT ROOM. WE WERE GOING TO DO THE SAME FLOORING THAT IS IN THE KITCHEN IN A BIT OF THE ENTRYWAY. WHILE TEARING THE CARPET UP HE SAYS HEY THIS FLOOR DOESN'T LOOK TO BAD COME SEE. SO I WENT TO LOOK AND SURE ENOUGH IT LOOKED GREAT! IT WAS OLD HARDWOOD FLOOR THAT AT ONE TIME WAS FINISHED AND COVERED WITH CARPET. SO WE ENDED UP TEARING OUT ALL OF THE CARPET IN THE FRONT ROOM AND ARE PLANNING ON REFINISHING IT SOMEDAY.

WE ALWAYS HAVE A PROJECT. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO IMPROVE OR MAKE LOOK BETTER. THAT IS WHY AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE A WORKAHOLIC AS A HUSBAND WE ARE ALWAYS GETTING THINGS DONE AND STARTING NEW PROJECTS AND EVEN AT TIMES NOT FINISHING THE ONES WE START. :)

KITCHEN REMODEL

THE JOURNEY BEGINS. THIS PROJECT TOOK US A LITTLE OVER A MONTH. I DID HAVE SOME BEFORE PICS OF THE KITCHEN BUT THEY ARE ON THAT ONE ROLL OF FILM. YEAH THAT ONE OUT OF 20 AND WHICH ONE WAS IT? SO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL GET TO SEE THE BEFORE PICS AND THE DEMOLITION PICS. BUT I LIKE TO DO THINGS BACK ASSWARD SO YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THEM NOW.
THIS PICTURE WAS OF OUR WALL IN THE KITCHEN BEING TORN OUT 2 YEARS AGO. IT WAS THE BEGINNING SO I PUT IT IN.
WIRING ELECTRICAL.
WE TORE DOWN THE CEILING, WHICH MADE WIRING EASIER FOR THE ELECTRICIAN. BUT BOY THAT WAS NOT TO FUN. BRANT WENT UP INTO THE ATTIC AND PUSHED INSULATION DOWN INTO A BIG GARBAGE SACK THAT HIS DAD AND I WERE HOLDING. WE WANTED TO TRY AND KEEP AS MUCH INSULATION AS WE COULD.
INSULATION.
WE GOT A GREAT DEAL ON INSULATION BEING BLOWN IN BECAUSE BRANT KNEW A GUY THAT HAS A BUISNESS DOING IT. GO FIGURE
DRYWALL, MUD AND TAPE.
I LIKE THE BOTTOM PIC IT SHOWS MY MULTI PURPOSE ROOM. KITCHEN/PIANO ROOM/ DINNING ROOM/ FRONT ROOM/ TV ROOM. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL LIVING. I TOLD BRANT WE SHOULD OF THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE YOU CAN DO SO MUCH AND ONLY HAVE TO TAKE A STEP.
MY FENCE I LOVE IT. THIS IS WHERE A WALL ONCE STOOD
PRIMING. HURRING TO GET THINGS DONE SO CABINETS CAN BE INSTALLED. THEY TOLD US TO PLAN ON 3 TO 4 WEEKS. WELL THEY WERE FINISHED IN 2. AND THE WHOLE TIME I AM TELLING BRANT NOT TO BE RUSHED WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME. HE ENDED UP TAKING SOME DAYS OFF WITHOUT PAY TO GET THINKGS DONE. I LOVE MY HUSBAND.
AND THE PAINT COLOR OF CHOICE IS RUM RAISIN. THANKS MICKAELA. SHE HELPED ME CHOOSE THE COLOR AND MY LIGHTING. THE PICTURE COLOR ISN'T THAT GREAT, I AM NOT GOOD AT THIS STUFF, SO IF YOU DONT LIKE IT QUIT LOOKING!

THE COUNTER TOPS GO IN
THE APPLIANCES GO IN.
THE FINISHED (MOSTLY WE STILL HAVE A BIT OF TRIM TO DO AROUND THE WINDOWS BUT YOU GET THE POINT) PRODUCT
A MOVEABLE ISLAND BY THE BACK DOOR. THE CABINET PLACE CALLED IT A FLOATING ISLAND.
SORRY THE PICS ARE FUZZY