Showing posts with label remodeling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label remodeling. Show all posts

Aug 14, 2009

Newly Remodeled kitchen Done!!


Well, almost done. Still a few more things to tweak and add, but it's 99% complete. Woo Hoo!! Whew, I am so glad too. The timing couldn't be better. I start a new job on Monday. Being laid off these past 3 months has given me time to help with the remodel and being able to put things back together at a slower pace rather than just weekends. I'm still decorating, but it's off to a good start. You'll notice some bare walls, but that will be taken care of real soon. Hope you enjoy the pics and I would love to know what you think.

We haven't got the shelving up yet so the TV is sitting on the cupboard that houses the coffee maker. I have changed my mind a million times about this wall. You can see how it is lower than the wall with the cabinet and too low for wall cabinets and I've been struggling with this corner. I want the TV to sit up on a shelf, but still not sure how to tie it in with the upper cabinets. Just to the left of this "blank" wall is the sink.

This is the other side of the "blank" wall. I have shorter cabinets up, but they seemed to crowd the wall and draw attention to the fact that it is low so I hung my plate rack up and love it there. Now I'm trying to decide if I should put shelving up or just leave it like it is. What do you think?




Here is a picture of the cupboard hanging in the dining area. I think I have that like I want it. I only changed it five or six times. The bunny pic looks really good next to the black dont ya think?








This was taken from the kitchen looking into the dining area. Remember the pic from an earlier post with the fridge where the cupboard is now. Told ya that wasn't going to stay there. Oh and neither is the fan, it's been really hot here the last two days. Finally getting some summer weather here in upstate NY. And I took the vertical blinds down and hung up some curtains. I like that much better, although I'm not sure if these particular ones will stay there or not. I only hung up a cheap tension rod to see if this would look better so I need to get a nicer rod to hang up there.

This was shot looking in from the living room. The dry sink was my birthday present this year. I got it from a local primitive and country gift shop. My hubby has really good taste, don't ya think?








Picture of the new computer desk area. This used to be the dining room. I just love the way this turned out. We took the old desk and moved it here and made a new top for it using the same formica that is on the island. I wanted it to have a built in look. We also used the hutch from the old desk, just took the ugly backing off of it. Still have to decorate this area...


Here is a good pic of the kitchen. See the new farm sink? That's not quite finished yet. Still have to paint the side pieces to match the cabinets and paint the trim around it to match the counter tops. Oh and the rugs still have the tags on them. Just picked them up tonight and contemplating if I like them or not. There is a smaller one in front of the stove.


This pic shows the the island looking into the kitchen. Love the new rusted tin hanging lights. They also match the one hanging in front of the sink.







This is looking in from the dining area. It a good picture of the new floors. They are hand scraped from Virginia Mills. This is called golden teak. Gorgeous!

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Aug 6, 2009

Advise Please!!!

Okay, I really need some help. If you look at the picture in the previous post, you'll see the one with the "ugly" vertical blinds on the patio door. The more I look at that picture, the more I think those blinds just don't work!! I have to have something there that will give us some privacy, but I'm not sure what I should use. Perhaps a tabbed curtain that can be drawn back during the day and pulled at night? When the hard wood flooring was installed a few days ago, I had to take them down because they're too long and I really don't want to put them back up. What should I do. Your help would really be appreciated!! Please, please, please???

We are really close to having this kitchen finally done! It's a good thing too, cause I'm just exhausted. Got the last of the walls painted this afternoon. All of the cabinets are up except for one. That's because I've getting lazy and didn't paint it until the other day. My patience is all but gone with this project and I'm really frustrated because the dishwasher and sink are not hooked up yet. I know....whine, whine,whine. Even I'm tired of hearing myself. LOL

On a good note though, I wanted to share this picture of the beautiful early settlers primitive hanging cupboad that I got a few weeks ago. This is the pic from the auction. Right now it's still in the box, but I will have that baby hanging up soon. I just love it!


I hope everyone has a great evening. And....don't forget to leave me a comment with your advise on the sliding glass door treatment.

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Jul 28, 2009

Making Progress and still sane! It's a miracle.


Can we say crazy! It's been almost a month since I last posted. It feels like a year! So much going on it's hard to keep up. First of all, I got married on July 7th. We flew out to Las Vegas and got married and honeymooned there for 5 days. We had a fantastic time. It was romantic and exciting. We only told our family so it was quite a surprise to our friends when we got back. Working on a reception for family and friend for early September. That will be a lot of fun.

Since we got back, we have worked on the kitchen remodel every day and it's almost done. Just a few more weeks. The floor will be down Sunday and then a few more things to do and I will finally have a functioning kitchen again. What a disruption this has been.

My youngest daughter is expecting her second son in September so I have been planning a shower for her. It was supposed to be at our home, but since the kitchen isn't finished we had it a local civic center this past Saturday. We had a lot of fun and she got some really nice things. She was happy and that made me happy. They sure have come a long way since I had my kids.


I just had to post this pic of this diaper cake. A good friend of mine made one for her daughter who just had a little boy a few months ago and I thought it was adorable so I asked her to make one for me. It turned out great and my daugher, Amanda just loved it.




I've posted some pics of the kitchen. It is still evolving, but it's come a long way. I am so ready for it to just be done, but I'm really happy with it so far. A lot of changes along the way. Nothing ever ends up like you plan. I'm just getting impatient and ready to decorate and get my house cleaned up. My primitive pretties have been packed up way too long. I did sneak the pie safe in the kitchen temporarily. :)

I hope you enjoy the pics and I would love to know your thoughts.

My new hanging lights over the island. And you can just see the new door being installed. It is just beautiful. And to the right is the new pantry.


This will be the new dining area. Don't worry the fridge will not be there when we're done.



The new island. Woo Hoo! It's pretty big at 4' wide by 8' long and chock full of cabinets. Something is definitely wrong with me if I don't have enough cabinets now. LOL





My new pot rack over the stove.(don't mind the extra piece of bead board in front of the stove) Boy did I stress over this! It had to be 30" wide exactly to fit and it had to have a light. I searched everywhere and finally found one on eBay. We stained it in the early american to match the bead board. I painted the cabinets a sage green (which I think adds a colonial touch).


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Jun 18, 2009

Day One and Two Pics of the remodel

Here are some pics of day one and two of construction. It doesn't look like much yet, but it will in the end. Rain has delayed any more work, but hopefully tomorrow they can start again.

Day One....


My wonderful covered patio being framed up for the new kitchen. I sort of have mixed emotions. On one hand, I know I will love the new kitchen and on the other, I will miss sitting out there on warm sunny days.



Hmmm.... now what do we do????

Day Two...

Here it is all framed in. It sure looks funny, not to mention a mess everywhere. All the patio furniture is in the garage, so that's our new hangout until the deck is built here.


Our very good friend and Contractor, Kevin, really pooped after two days of working. LOL


My honey (on the left) and Jimmy, his sister's boyfriend taking a break. Supervising is such hard work.

Hope everyone is having ( or had since it's almost midnight) a wonderful Thursday.



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Jun 17, 2009

Kitchen remodel has finally begun!

We have been crazy busy the past week. I am sooooo excited that the kitchen/dining room remodel and expansion has finally taken off. They started at 8am sharp last Saturday and continued on Sunday. We are very lucky to have a close friend who is a contractor and is helping us out. We are doing a lot of the work our selves so the labor cost is minimal. We had the layout all done. I have been working with an amazing designer at Hope Depot and we spent two hours Saturday making changes till I thought it was perfect.....until Sunday when the walls went up and the subflooring and we discovered the back wall was only going to be 6 1/2 feet tall. Yikes!! The original contractor said it would be 7 1/2 feet and it gets higher from that point since it is going to be a cathedral ceiling. So of course I went in to panic mode when we started measuring and found that the cabinets would only be 8" from the counter top. I immediately got on the phone and called the designer and she fixed everything in about five minutes. Whew, that was close to a disaster as we thought we were going to have to tear everything apart and raise the roof. I will post some pics tomorrow. I got the paint and the glaze for the cabinets and will do a test tomorrow to see how it's going to turn out. Boy do I have a lot of painting to do, but I think putting a personal touch on the cabinets will make it very nice.

We also put up a privacy fence along side the pool and the gazebo. It looks awesome! I love, love, love it. Well, this is short, but I just wanted to give everyone a quick update. Stay tuned for pics tomorrow.

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May 24, 2009

Long overdue

It's been a really long time since I've posted anything to my blog. Lots of things going on and many changes in my life. I got laid off a few weeks ago after 14 years. It's hard to get used to all this free time. :) But, if you're going to be out of work, Spring and Summer is the best time. I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do yet, but thinking about going back to school. On a good note, we are going to remodel our kitchen and work begins in another week. Hopefully I will be able to post the progress here. I've been contiplating over and over about the layout and colors. It's enough to drive you crazy, but I think I finally have decided. Does a woman ever really decide??? Here is a pic that I used as inspiration.





We are doing open shelving along the wall where the sink will go. I ordered the farm sink the other day and it just arrived. This is so exciting! I can't wait until the construction begins.

Hope everyone has a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend!! Post later.....

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