Let there be light

Hi Girls! I know it's been a few weeks since I posted. We have been so busy with the remodel. Well in to week #3 and it doesn't seem like it will ever end. It's really exciting seeing the progress and change, but I don't think I will ever get my house clean again!! I just can't believe how much disruption remodeling one room can have on one's entire life. Okay, enough grumbling. The pic above really has nothing to do with the new kitchen, but it sure looks better in updates rather the one's below.

Here is a picture of the skylight's going in. I can't believe what a difference that makes. I was a little nervous about natural light since we only installed the small window on the back wall. Since that's the lowest part of the ceiling we could only fit a 24x36 and that is where the sink will go. I've been busily painting (in between rain showers, which have been constant over the last week) the cabinets. Got two coats on and the glaze last night. They really look great! I love the new sage green and it looks so colonial.

We will have a little break next week as we are going to Las Vegas on vacation. How exciting is that. I sure hope it's sunny and no rain. Our summer so far has really sucked this year. We will be staying at the Mirage for 5 wonderful days. My honey has never flown before and he's getting edgy. Considering he races dirt modifieds every weekend during racing season, you wouldn't think flying would phase him. Funny, huh?

Anyway, here's wishing everyone a wonderful and safe Independence Day. Till next time....

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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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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.

Have a great evening!

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