My summer vacation has been so full of visitors, trips, projects and other such wonderfulness that I’m going to have to designate at least one blog entry to each of these categories. I guess we’ll start with the house/renovation blog today because we’ve had tons of requests for more pictures. Here goes.
Laura requested a picture of the front of the house. I wanted to wait until we finished repainting and post a dramatic “Before” and “After” but that project has moved down on our list due to priorities and weather. We probably won’t get to paint until November so I’ll give you a little sneak peek now.
Since we haven’t been able to paint the house yet, my mom and I decided we needed an instant face-lift for the front of the house...FLOWERS! We thought it would be an easy afternoon project but our quick trip to Home Depot took a little longer when I accidently sliced my wrist with a metal rod in the cart while shopping.
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Apparently my home improvement skills aren’t what I thought they were:( So it was probably better that I went Nicaragua for 3 weeks and left my dad and Roger in charge of the kitchen remodel. We decided to go with Ikea cabinets and we’re very happy with that decision even though it required us to purchase 110 individual boxes and assemble the cabinets at home. Mom and I assembled all the cabinets before we left for Nicaragua and I came home to this transformation...like magic!
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You can’t tell from the pictures, but all the doors and drawers have the ‘slow close’ function which I absolutely love. My dad is coming back soon to install the backsplash which will look something like this. I can’t wait:)
As many of you know, homeownership is something like a treasure hunt and our home has had its fair share of surprising treasures. We discovered that the pipes to our master bathroom were crossed and we had a ‘hot toilet’ (i.e. it filled/flushed with hot water). We also discovered that our laundry closet didn’t have a drain for the washing machine??? Needless to say, we’ve made quick friends with a good plumber:) But one discovery that I was secretly excited about was that the closet in the master bedroom didn’t have any rods to hang clothing on. So...I got to design my own closet. (I didn't take a before picture, but you can imagine nothing but a shelf)
I have to go back to school next week so our renovations are going to slow down quite a bit, but we will continue to post pictures of our house as it evolves because we now know that the projects will NEVER end.
