Let There Be Light!

It took more of an effort than Michel originally thought, but he did manage to get the light hung in the dining room last night. See?!?!

CABINETS!!!!!!

The puzzle pieces have been put together and have created a beautiful puzzle! I'm still trying to decide for sure where I'm going to put what, but have a pretty good idea where I'm going to start stashing things. At least I should be able to unpack a few boxes now and start using some of those kitchen towels that I had bought over the past few years to use in my new kitchen, when and if I ever got it.

Now I'm just waiting for Thursday to get here so I can have my appliances!




1. Standing in the doorway between the Mud Room and Dining Room, looking toward the kitchen. The snack bar is in the foreground of the cabinets. The stove will sit in the empty spot on the left and the refrigerator goes beside the doorway.
2. Standing in the Living Room doorway.
3. Standing in the doorway to the Master Bedroom looking west. My sink is not yet cut out, but will be under the window, with the dishwasher to the left of it.
4. Pantry doors and the pantry space under the stairway.
5. The shelves in one of the two corner cabinets. They spin around and then slide out. Very cool!
6. The sponge/scraper holder in front of the kitchen sink.
7. The countertop edge.

The Puzzle Pieces Scatter About........

Just a few pictures of my beautiful new cabinets that are being installed. Stay tuned - more pictures will be added throughout the day!

The thin cabinet against the wall, beside my pantry opening is my pantry doors and frame.

The long cabinet with drawers, 2 doors, and a couple of shelves in the center is my bathroom vanity. There's also a picture of the vanity top. Each are custom made and cheaper than Lowe's!

Kitchen and Dining Room are painted, tiled, and ready to go!

Before cabinets can be installed today (they are being unloaded as I post this), we had to have the kitchen, and therefore by association the dining room, painted and the flooring down before the cabinets could be installed today. Its been a long week with lots of long nights (4:00 am Saturday night/Sunday morning before our heads hit the pillows) but its all worth it as of now! I'll post cabinet pictures later today!

I almost have a front porch!

We worked on the front porch a lot over the weekend, but we didn't quite get it done. You can walk from the dining room door around to the front door, except for the around the chimney where it gets to be a little tricky. These pictures we taken before we finished for the day on Sunday, so there's actually more done that what is shown.

Drywall is up!!!!

Pictures of the drywall (its completely mudded, but hadn't been sanded). The drywallers finished up and moved out on Monday afternoon. By midnight Monday night, Michel and I had the kitchen/dining room area cleaned and primed. We will start painting the ceilings in there today.
1. Dining Room/Kitchen
2. Master Bedroom
3. Master Bath
4. Boys' Bathroom

To Be Delivered.....

On July 2nd, I will have a new black Kenmore refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, and microwave delivered. The cabinets and countertops should be delivered and installed on the 29th, so we should be more than ready for the appliances by the 2nd. Can't wait! I should have a functioning kitchen by the holiday!!!!

Drywall- Round 2

The drywall for the second round was delivered last Monday (June 8). The crew arrived on Wednesday and stuck around long enough to get the laundry room covered. They arrived on Thursday and got a bit more done, then on Friday got everything else hung except a couple of sheets that they hung on Monday morning. Taping and mudding were then started and should be finished tomorrow, along with starting the second coat of mud. Hopefully by the first part of next week the drywall will be done and we can start cleaning, painting, and putting flooring down. I don't have any pictures right now, but I'll try to get some tomorrow when I'm home more than I have been any day during the past week.

Its getting a 'homey' feel!

Our neighbor came over today and bricked our fireplace. It changes the whole feel of the living room - making it feel more 'homey.' It looks really good!!! We haven't picked out a mantle yet, since we cut down and burnt the pecan tree that Michel's great-grandfather had planted. A mantle cut from that tree would have given the house a little something special - from one generation to another. But hindsight is 20/20....

This coming week we should have the rest of the drywall delivered and hung. Hopefully the move pretty quick on it so that we can get the kitchen and master bath painted, plus get tile down before the 22nd. Our tentative date for cabinet delivery and installation is the 22nd. I might not be around much between now and then.........I'm back off to go work out in the house now.