Over Due

14 days until Christmas. 28 days until 2011. How many days since my last post? Too many to count, that's how many! Is it more shocking that this year is about to end or that we still don't have a kitchen? The goal is May 2011. My friend is expecting (YAY!) and her baby is due in May. I decided that is also a perfect time for my "baby" - my brand new, precious, functional kitchen to be done. We shall see....

Enough chatter, how about some progress?

Since February we have completed the following:

• Bedrooms are painted, ceiling finished, carpet installed and window coverings are in place. All they need now are some of the finishing touches like trim and closet solutions.
• Our wood laminate is completely laid in all planned areas of the house. We just recently finished this (last week). It makes a huge difference. No more sub floor - no more half-house living!
  
• All doors are painted white with new satin nickel knobs. Amazing, what a difference this made.
• Much time was spent outside during spring + summer....lots of fun with a chainsaw, a wood chipper and the family. Some really ugly ferns were also sent packing.
  
• The kitchen has been completed gutted since October - we did all of this ourselves, including, removing the soffits (worst job ever). Oh yeah, this job included knocking down the LAST wall.
• We hired a contractor - interesting experience but all ended well. This was also a major piece of the puzzle as he patched and finished the other half of our ceiling (another horrible job), moved plumbing to center the kitchen sink, and installed recessed lighting in the family room.

I will post more pictures of our progress since February but I'll spread it out over a few posts.

February 2010

Installing new outlets. Observe our new (not orange shag) carpet in the guest room.

Painting + Lighting

Paint is so tricky (same color in both pictures) - it took me a LONG time to pick out a paint color but I'm so happy with it. The time I took was worth not having to repaint at a later time. I can't say I had the same success with our bedroom but I'm going to make it work.

Let's not forgot one more thing I can cross off the list tonight - CHRISTMAS TREE!