Much of what Ryan and I did to the house over spring break was not photo-worthy - things like moving heating vent ducts and running new wires for fridges and taping off sections of walls to paint.
Since the last update, the major upgrades of note are:
- New big window over the kitchen sink, with trim and blinds
- Cabinets all moved to their final positions
- Lower cabinets almost entirely sanded and stained
- NEW COUNTER TOP
- NEW TILE BACK SPLASH
- A fridge that makes ice and dispenses chilled, filtered water
- All new paint in the living room ("rosemary sprig" accent wall and "calming cream" for the rest)
- New cream paint in the entryway
The deadline for the kitchen to be completed is this Saturday and we will finish it! Many thanks to my brother for helping put in the tile and to James and Paul for helping Ryan get the new counter in place.
Better photos of the kitchen all completed and the living room upgrade will come soon.
This is the kitchen at the beginning of spring break - note the dark brown lower cabinets, old window, old counter, old curtains.
Here it is after Ryan pulled out some cabinets, which are moving directly across the room. Also note the new windows.
Moving heating vents.
The new set-up for this half of the kitchen - still quite roomy! The other half (behind where I'm standing) now will only house our table.
Painting the accent wall (above the brick half wall) over spring break. My roller form is not good here.
The former owner left two of these benches on the back porch, but they were rotting and falling apart. Ryan replaced the wood with Trex decking and repainted the side bars. This one now graces our front porch, so we can watch the neighborhood.
Here are some tulips in our front garden.
Here are the three men trying to get the new counter top in. It was quite heavy and it's only Formica!
Setting it into place...the color is called "Labrador granite" and is dark with some light flecks.
Ryan begins tiling with the glass tile sheets we bought. They come in 1 foot by 1 foot sheets.
Almost done laying the tile. Also note the new lamp above the sink.
We're nearly there! If it's done this weekend, the kitchen will have taken roughly nine months to complete, but at a minimum cost and with one (sometimes two) crewmen. My husband is awesome.
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