Splish, Splash!

We are getting down to the wire with the kitchen. Lots of muddin' and sandin' this weekend and almost ready to paint the ceiling. Just need to tie everything together to finish up and I can't believe how quickly the project happened and how different the place looks.

We've also been narrowing down backsplash options and really like the mossaic glass tiles. We're leaning toward the last picture below because the first one looks too dark and the second one could be a bit washed out.
What do you think?

Tile!

Got our feet (and our tile) under us!!

The tile came in last night, so Jordan and Steve came up today and were able to lay it all down!

Grout goes in tomorrow and then we should be all sealed to go by the end of the weekend!

Up and Running!

We  have a functioning kitchen!! We still cant believe how much Steve and Jordan have done in 7 days work, we are so lucky to have their help! For now we have a temporary sink, and are going to wait to move the new appliances into place. 

The only cabinet left to add is the one above the fridge, and then its on to tiling and painting!

Tile!

There were endless options for floor tile, but we finally narrowed it down and ordered it last night. Everything else in the room is pretty light, so we went with an imperial grey, contemporary, porcelin tile. There are subtle patterns on it, but nothing too overpowering. I can't wait until it comes in!


We loved the rectangular shaped tile, but it didn't come in a small enough size, so we're going with 12x12 and are going to stagger them. The best part is that they have rectified edges, so the grout lines will be TINY!
I finally feel like it is coming together.
And I heard a rumor that the lower cabinets were installed today and we MIGHT (fingers crossed) have a temporary sink!
Still working on the paint color and the backsplash tile, though. What would you suggest?!

Are we there yet?

Not yet but we're getting closer!!

Steve and Jordan got a TON done this past week, check out the progress!

View when you walk in the front door:

View from corner of the living room into the kitchen:

Kitchen Renovations Have Finally STARTED!

Here we go!

This is the before and then below is after two days of demo/reconstruction. I can't believe how fast it happened!

Let There Be Light, part II

I dont think that there is one piece of furniture in our house that was purchased new, and I'm hoping we can continue that trend.

A couple weeks ago I found a vitage lamp on craigslist and really liked the shape of it. The tan color, though, not so much, but at $5 the price was right. I was inspired by a "before & after" posting on design*sponge's blog and thought - HEY! I can do that!

It still needs a new lamp shade, but for now it is doing a fine job of illuminating a dark corner of the living room. The blue is the after.

Justin's dad visited this weekend and we were also able to finally wire up the pendant light I wrote about in this post.

Little by little we are getting there! We're working on kitchen paint colors, too. You can see the swatches I tried out this weekend on the upper right part of the wall. Not crazy about either of them, but I think we are getting closer.

It's going to look so pretty with the corner bench Justin is planning to build. I'm still on the hunt for two chairs that would finish off the area, and I'm sure that with enough patience I'll find something that will fit.

I'm starting to worry that everything is blue or orange or white in the house and I need some additional accents!