Home Improvement Update: Part One

I know, I promised an update on Saturday, but the work was supposed to be done by Noon too.
Neither thing happened. Joe thought they would be done in half a day, but things just kept happening and they were finally able to finish after five on Saturday. It looks beautiful and I am VERY happy with the colors we went with. I wish everything was back in it's place now, but it is not. I am trying to get a little done each night so I can finally get back to normal!

I took a bunch of photos, so I will do a Dining Room post, part two will be the bathroom progress and hopefully part three will be completed photos of both rooms!

Here is an action shot - Paint is finally being rolled on! "Notable Hue" looks a LOT darker here than it is.

You can see in this photo that the color is just a shade darker than what was there. This color is very close to the same shade of blue that our tile is.

Just a small mess compared to the rest of the house right now. They had to put stuff somewhere!

It seemed like we spent most of Saturday watching paint dry. We did go purchase a new chandelier. I'm really glad I waited to purchase this light, because I had a stained glass fixture picked out, but I don't think I would have like it once we got the paint on the walls.

I love the one we picked out! No more ugly brass with a chain that was too long!

I love this! Simple, but elegant.

See how pretty those ceilings are now? The kitchen is next on my project list!

With the money I saved by NOT going with the stained glass fixture for the Dining room we were able to replace two more fixtures that I have hated almost from the day we put them up! Yes, THREE for the price of one! The ceiling fan in the Kitchen is now gone, as is the ugly little can light that was above the sink.

Much better! Don't you think?

Bathroom photos tomorrow...

Kitchen Makeover - Phase One

Our Extreme Makeover, Kitchen Edition has officially begun!
Good Bye old, white appliances. You served us well.

I had forgotten how much I hate having things torn up! I have to keep reminding myself that the end result will be worth it! That is the new dishwasher waiting patiently for the plumber to install her on Friday afternoon.

Isn't it pretty?!

Saturday morning, July 4th, 2009. With no call or fore-warning whatsoever, the delivery truck showed up with the remaining appliances. I was NOT happy. At 8:00 on a Saturday, that also happens to be a HOLIDAY, would it be a good idea to call and make sure someone was up? Home? Out of the shower?? Trying to focus on the big picture, deep breath. Good Bye old side by side...

They had already changed the old range out by the time I was out of the shower and presentable. Good thing the Hubby was home!

New View from the Living Room...

And from the Dining Room. The Handsome Prince and his Brother installed the Microwave!

I am SO HAPPY with how these look! And it helped make the decision about the Granite pretty easy too - MUST HAVE!

Another cool thing I found out today - when the dishwasher is done this blue light shines on the floor! It is so quiet you can't hear it running

Happy Fourth of July!!!

Change is gonna come...

We bought our home back in 1990, largely because of the location and land that came with it. A bachelor was selling it, and it needed a LOT of love, but was priced right. It had really good "bones" - hardwood floors throughout, three nice sized bedrooms and lots of potential. We knew our first projects were going to be remodeling the only bathroom and the kitchen. The bathroom HAD to be addressed immediately, so that was where we chose to spend the majority of our budget at the time.

As money allowed, we made little changes here and there. We eventually decided it was time to make a big change and basically gutted the house to add a Master bathroom and a Family room, make the existing garage the entry and an additional bathroom/utility room and dining room. The kitchen finally got it's makeover when we did this remodel. We chose very up to date appliances, tile and countertops at the time, and they have served us well.

Lately, we have been watching way too much HGTV and dreaming about making some changes again. The 90's called and they want their kitchen back!! I want to give it to them! Here is a view of our kitchen from the Dining Room. It's nice, but could be better...



The view from the Living Room. Still love my bay window...


So we've made a few trips to the Home Improvement stores and have started making a list of things we would like to do. Here is the Sensa Granite I am looking at. Blue Pearl - beautiful. Still making some tile decisions about the backsplash. We'll see...

These should be delivered this week, hopefully! A nice start to our Kitchen Makeover! I have wanted Stainless Appliances for what seems like FOREVER. I like the clean, timeless, classiness of them. Here is the Fridge I picked out. Samsung, French Door - Gorgeous!

Samsung Above the Range Microwave/Convection Oven. LOVE IT.

Samsung Range. The oven is a convection oven, with a warming drawer. Self Cleaning with STEAM. All I have to do is wipe it out!!

Electrolux Dishwasher. If I made the money Kelly Ripa does, I would have had the very cool range that came complete with a food thermometer/probe built in and the racks were on door glides like your dishwasher has. For the difference in price I could afford this dishwasher. Installed.

Progress Pictures coming soon!