I knew I was behind on posts, but didn't realize until I logged in tonight just how far behind I was! Sorry! September was filled with family obligations, homework assignments, remodeling woes, a minor surgery for me, welcoming a new member to our family, and one crazy weekend in which a friend and I stayed awake all night and the next day in order to complete a HUGE project. The results are awesome. I'm too tired for lots of words, so I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves!
Here is the new cabinet with the new pass through to the dining room. This is where my refrigerator used to be. You can see the oven is located to the left of the new cabinet.
This is the new porcelain tile that my friend and I laid in one weekend. We did the entire kitchen, hallway and backsplash. We started working around 8 p.m. Fri. night and didn't stop until 6 p.m. the next day. Ok, ok, she did trick me into going to sleep so I slept for 2 1/2 hrs. on Sat. morning thinking she was too. I got up when I heard my kids awake to discover that she had continued to lay tile!
Meet the new addition to our family....Dingo! He's a Blue Heeler mix that we rescued from the Animal Control Shelter. He's about 12 weeks old in this picture. Look at those ears! I know, why on earth would I agree to a new puppy during all the remodeling chaos? Well, it just seemed to make sense to housetrain a puppy when my floors were all torn up rather than finished and pristine. Cole chose the name for his dog and he is learning how to be responsible taking care of a pet.
Sharp puppy teeth need things to chew on!
His favorite spot, laying on the cool tile in the bathroom. Now that the cool tile is in the hallway and kitchen, he lays just about everywhere.
The cool backsplash behind the stove. We played with design ideas for quite awhile before we came up with this one. The picture doesn't do it justice because the tiles stand out from the wall.
Here's a long shot of one entire side of the kitchen with the backsplash. Do not notice the 2 missing drawer fronts on the lower cabinet near the sink. The cabinet company made a mistake and I'm still waiting for drawer fronts!
We decided to use different tile in the same color family as the larger pieces behind the sink. The major project woe is the dining room and front living room floors. The hardwood floors need to be sanded and stained at the same time in order for it to look right. When the wood floor professionals came out to examine the front living room floor, they deemed that it would need to be completely replaced. It was not possible to sand it any further, it had been done too much already. So, our dilemma was how to make both floors come out looking the same but staying within our budget. We decided to purchase a wood laminate floor and are in the process of installing that now. Once that is complete, we can finally move the dining room table out of the living room! The chaos that comes while living during a remodel is not fun at all. We are ready to be done.
But, once the main floor is complete, then we have to move upstairs to work on the bathroom where the source of all the problems began. One step at a time.
