Of Sinks and Tile

The past week we’ve putting plodding away at the kitchen.  Andy finished building the bask cabinet for the sink…complete with the “borrowed” pillars.  What do you think?

We also started putting up the tile backsplash. 

We had a hard time finding a pattern we agreed one, but we are quite happy with what we picked. 

So far we’ve finished one wall of tile.  We also caulked along the windows and crown molding, just to seal everything in.

We moved the dishwasher in.

And Andy finished putting in the light fixture above the sink.

 

 

 

We’ve also been experimenting with the concrete to do the counter tops.  That’s our big project this week.

I didn’t take a picture, but Andy also wheeled the oven in so that I could put the self-clean on.  I even baked Andy’s bday cake in it!  We also bought a new range hood and that should be in soon too.

Makin’ My Dreams Come True

The past few weeks, my husband has been working tirelessly to finish this kitchen for me.  Of course, we’ve had our setbacks.  Things we wanted to do didn’t work, and surprise expenses have eaten away at our remodeling budget.  Yet, the Lord has been faithful, and our house is slowly coming along.

We finally finished painting the upper cabinets and got them in.  Yippee!

And then Andy put the trim on top of the cabinets, as well as up in the raised ceiling.

We got the doors on the cabinets, which I was THRILLED about, because I was able to unpack some of our dishes and what-not!

And then came the flooring.  We found a great deal online on a laminate wood floor…only problem was we hadn’t seen it in person.  To our relief, we love, love, LOVED it!  Plus, it’s a floating floor, so the installation was very quick.

My sister, Hilary, also came to visit…

She helped us paint, as well as a billion different other things.  I also took the time to fix up the guest room a bit and get it usable.  It’s rough, and needs some work, but it’s nice to have a 2nd bathroom.

I have a vision for it when it’s done, but for now it we’ll just have to settle for the ugliest color walls ever.

Once we got the floor in, we were finally able to finish painting the bottom cabinets and get them in!

We painted the inside of all the cabinets and drawers white to make them easier to clean.  I also think it’s a fantastic look!

Using old cabinets, you find weird things.  Like the corner cabinet doesn’t go all the way back…

And people cut funny holes so they can reach things…

We experienced a bit of a set-back when we realized that the awesome drawer glides Andy had saved from his cabinet shop would only work on one set of drawers.  Apparently the drawer frames aren’t big enough…sad day…

We have since ordered new ones, and should get them in soon!

The cabinet for the sink was pretty much ruined, so Andy’s designed and built a new one. 

My ingenious man recycled the columns  from the peek-through in the living room.  Turns out they are solid oak!

 

We were also able to get the molding up around the baseboard, window, and door frame.  What a difference it makes!

 

And this takes us through the middle of last week.  Since then, we’ve done a lot…and I can’t wait to show you pictures!  But…you’ll have to wait a bit. :)