The Dust has Settled

The Kitchen Before

During

and After.

What we did:

Added two can lights above the sink

Covered the linoleum with 20 inch tile squares

Replaced little white tile squares with granite countertop

New dishwasher, oven and microwave

Added the 5 inch baseboards 

(you can see on the right but we haven't finished them in the kitchen since we had to wait for the tile to be laid)

Replaced the silver switch plate with a white one to match the others

Still to come in the kitchen:

Remove the plastic covered lights and add 4 can lights

This requires dropping the ceiling 4 inches to fit the can lights, drywall, and some crown molding to finish it off. It will look swanky!

On to the living room

Before:

During

Those are curtain rods, FYI, not ski polls.

After (kind of)

There is now a map above the couch, the mat under the table is now in the kitchen where it belongs. The Home Depot bag on the left has been put in my car so I can return things and my birthday flowers from Peter are not quite as crisp. :) I hope you love my new couch as much as I do!!!

The fireplace 

Before

Note the multiple colors inside

During

Dear friend Ben is spray painting the inside black

Peter hosed off the logs

We threw away the nasty old fake embers and bought new ones

We took the chain off

and the not quite "After"

We obviously still need some stone.

Here's what we picked and how it looks with our tiled hearth

doon. doon. doon! The chandelier...

Dreadful Before

It looked like a spider.

Rewired After

Tada! 

Peter patched the old hole and now needs to repaint it.

I have a pounding headache and gushing nose.

Ya, still sick from my birthday.

I called in sick to work for the first time in my life yesterday.

I have to finish the rest of the virtual tour next time.

Don't hate me for keeps.

xo, p&l