Kitchen - Done!

All finished - and all in about a week... not too shabby! We're really happy with how everything turned out. Todd walked in tonight, looked the kitchen over and said "what next?" (Yike!)

(I changed some of the pictures out from the ones I posted originally - I took the originals when it was dark outside, so the lighting was pretty bad.)

Kitchen... Day four, kinda

Well, today we finished a few big jobs (again, please remember that I like to say we, but it mostly just covers the fact that I was present while the work was going on) ... for one, we moved the island into the house and set the counter top into place - two, Todd grouted all of the tile that's been installed over the last few days. If you've ever installed tile before, you can sympathize with the tedious clean up that comes after grouting... lots of clean water & lots of sponge wringing - and consequently, sore fingers! (Cue tiny violin... now!) Anyway, clean up is the part where I came in to the picture, so at least I felt like I contributed a little! (Yes, I realize that this isn't much compared to tiling, sanding, painting, sanding again, painting again, etc. but hey, I do try to help out where I won't screw things up... :)

Anyway, no pictures today - though the tile is grouted, I can't do the final sealing of the grout & tile until tomorrow and I want a picture of the finished product (the sealer does change the color just a little)... also, the caulk holding the counter top to the island is still setting up, so the island is currently buried under various heavy items piled on top to help press the counter down to get a good tight set (where are those clamps when you need em?) - which means no pictures of the island. Besides, I'd want to take another picture tomorrow of the completed job (and clean kitchen, which it is NOT right now... tools do not a good feature make) and how much fun would it be to have the same pictures both days, minus the scrubby tool type items? Anyway, it's late and I can see that I'm rambling, and I doubt it's possible that anyone is up to see that I'm posting anyway... so no one is likely to see my explanation until I already have the new pictures up... which means that this post was really just a good long bit of nonsense that I wrote to my pretend audience because I wasn't coherent enough to stop and consider the fact that I was blogging after midnight. crap.

Kitchen - Day Three...

We're getting close to being finished now! (Again, we being Todd... I just do my best to irritate him by pestering him the whole time he's working.) Todd painted the island today, and we will get the new top for it tomorrow. We will also grout the tile tomorrow, and then seal it the next day so.... we should have all of the major work done by tomorrow night, and have it completely finished by Wednesday. Yay!

Here are a few pictures of the island... Todd distressed it very lightly & it turned out great!

And here is the last of the tumbled marble installation. Just a little spot, but it was time consuming... lots of cuts!

Can't wait till tomorrow!

Kitchen, Day Two...

Well, it's not quite the end of day two, but I wanted to post a few pictures of what has been done so far.

So here's the valance above our sink before...

And here it is after...

I really like what Todd did with the pattern under the valance - he's pretty creative! Right now he is working on the last area we are tiling, which is right above the desk. He was going try to finish it tonight, but I think he'll wrap it up and get some rest! Here he is getting started, so consider this the before shot!

Kitchen stuff - Day One...

I really wish I had something witty to write tonight, but it's past midnight and my already limited mom brain can only give me so much in a day... so I'll cut to the chase - we're doing a few projects in our kitchen and I wanted to post pictures of what we did today! (When I say we I mean 85% Todd, 15% me)

Today was day one for our kitchen backsplash, and we're almost half-way! (Well, half-way done hanging it... then comes sealing & grout & stuff....) I didn't get complete "before" pictures... he had already started, but you can get a pretty good idea of what it looked like.

Before...

And, after!

I have to say that Todd did an awesome job - he worked late to get it done, and I think his work turned out beautifully - Yes, I'm bragging on my husband but he deserves it! (Thanks Toddie!)

Brrrr!

It's finally arrived - the dreaded time of year where I apparently need to leave my heat on at night - it was 66 degrees in my house this morning. That temperature might work for people like my sister, where that's the average temp. in her home anyway, but for me (who enjoys my house at a balmy 74 degrees) it is too cold! However, it was a good excuse to have a hot mug of postum with buttery toast for breakfast! (ok well it was actually Pero, but I think it's the same thing...)

Well, that's it for this morning - I have no new pictures to post, but I figured I ought put something new on here. (Off to pray that the weatherman's warm mid-week prediction comes true!)