Our First Appliance!

That's right ladies and gentleman....our first appliance has been installed!  Kade installed our new Whirlpool dishwasher today while I was working on cabinet doors!  So exciting!  We bought the Whirlpool Gold 24" Built In Energy Star Dishwasher (Model WDT710PAYM) It's got GREAT reviews on Lowes website...and I can't wait to use it!!

Kade sure does play the role of a lot of different people...builder, plumber, electrician, lol, poor guy.

Overworked and under paid is an under statement!!

Doesn't it look awesome?  Our first stainless appliance.

 We opted not to install the handle just yet...just in case someone runs into it with something...that would make me cry!

I'm going to continue working on the cabinet doors....still not getting results that I'm happy with.  I'm going to have to decide if I'm going to sand them down smooth and "start fresh" YUCK!

Glass Towel Bar Makeover

So it turns out we had TWO snow days instead of just one!  That was quite the late February snow!  I'd say we got about 6" total.  There was a nice sheet of ice over the top so it was extra crunchy to walk on.  Pretty yes, but I'm ready for spring this year!

So I have this old glass towel bar from my Grandparents house...I LOVE that it's glass...

but I'm not a fan of it's art deco style parts that hold it to the wall.  (what would you call those?)

So today I saw an escutcheon laying under the kitchen sink while Kade was doing some plumbing...

and I had a light bulb appear over my head! :)

And YES!!! It worked!!  You can pull the hanging parts off, so I slipped the escutcheon onto the glass bar....then put the hanging part back on...and voila!  

That is SO much cuter!  So now I need to clean up the hanging pieces (sorry, for the life of me I can't think of what to call them, lol) then spray them with my oil rubbed bronze spray paint.

AWESOME!!  I've actually got 3 more of these glass towel bars that I bought a few years ago at an antique shop....and they have those same art deco parts.

Now I'm actually excited to figure out a place to use them!

I'll post another picture when I finally get one completely done!!

Snow Day!

That's right, you read that correctly...WE'RE TAKING A SNOW DAY!!  :)  It started snowing right around noon today and hasn't stopped yet! (Kade even got out of work at noon...and they NEVER do that!)  We've probably got 4 or 5 inches so far!  It's been a few years since we've had this much snow at one time.  We walked over to my parents for dinner tonight and all I could find to wear were my rain boots, lol.  That's one way to keep my feet from getting wet...but it SURE didn't keep them warm!  WHOA BABY!

 Don't you love my skull & crossbones rain boots?

Here's a shot back up at the house.  It looks so peaceful.  I kept turning around and waiting for Kade to come...as you can tell I was still waiting since there's only one set of footprints!

It's going to be interesting in the morning to see how much we actually get.  This is a really heavy snow - and it's suppose to be topped with sleet.  YUCK!!

Hope everyone out there stays bundled and warm!
Guess we'll be back to work tomorrow!

Clutter Room Backsplash

Happy Birthday to my hubby!  37, when did we get this old??  We did a little "lunch time" shopping today and looked for tile for the laundry room.  Here's what we came home with. (actually a few more but they weren't even photo worthy)

From looking at this picture I'm thinking maybe the birthday boy needs some new jeans! :)

We narrowed it down to these two...a natural stacked stone that's kind of rustic looking...

and a small subway tile with marble accent.

We both surprisingly favored this one!

 We found this tile setting mat that I think we're going to give a try.

We figure if the tile falls off the wall then it won't be too hard to put back on since there is no grout, lol!

This is what I liked about it so much.  When we go to Missouri I am forever hunting for rocks that sparkle  :)  I just love seeing the little crystals that have formed...so cool.

Well this kind of has that....you can see this one has a nice one in the third row down.  I found some good ones on each sheet of tile....so I think this is for sure the winner!

(and I think it will look really cool with the galvanized tub sink!)

Baseboard & Spraying Cabinet Doors

Kade worked on trim yesterday and today....it's so awesome.  It's amazing how finished that makes things look.  At this point he can only do walls that don't have a door on them though (because I don't have the door casing painted yet).  So he's got parts of just about every room done now, lol.  We REALLY need a nice day so I can get outside and paint a zillion pieces of trim!

Here's the master bedroom

Middle bedroom

 

Front bedroom.

another side of the front bedroom.  This room has 3 walls done!!  :)

We've also been trying to figure out the window casing.

For some reason I don't really like the straight board at the bottom as the window apron - it seems like it needs some little extra piece of detail to finish it off.

So we put these two together.  This is straight....hmmm....the window sill is too short, lol.

I know, I know, it's just a "mock up"

Then we tried this one....hmmm...I dont' really like it either!

That's not good.  So now I'm thinking about something else that may work...just some simple.

Why does every single step have to be so difficult??

I finally got all of the primed cabinet doors sanded and taped off.

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I didn't forget to label EVERY hinge hole either.  I want to make sure these babies go back together exactly the same way that I took them apart.  I don't want anything that doesn't function properly.

Here's my setup in the basement.
I moved my drying rack down there so I didn't take up the ENTIRE basement. (only half, lol)

I used the Wagner Control Max paint sprayer again...

and I just don't know.

 

It doesn't look terrible...but I wouldn't say that I love it either.

What am I doing wrong with this sprayer??

It's still similar to a very light orange peel.  YUCK.

Not the look I was going for on cabinet doors.

Furniture Moulding

First of all...Happy Valentines Day!  I know you're all thinking...well, furniture moulding isn't a very exciting way to spend Valentines Day...but I'd have to disagree (to some degree.)  We got all of the furniture base moulding in and I went around and caulked everything.

All I used was the regular Painter's Acrylic Latex Caulk.

The only thing I don't' like about it is how much it shrinks.

What do you think about how it turned out? 

We actually used the furniture moulding that came with our kitchen cabinets (since we used different crown in there)  It was suppose to be the base for our crown moulding.

I LOVE the way it looks.  No dust bunnies can get under there either, lol.

I figure nobody is going to be standing there long enough to be too bothered by the fact that you can't put your feet under the toe-kick area.

Check out how well it meets up to the baseboard on the wall.

I guess I should have taken a closer pictures...but somehow the lower lines now the two meet up perfectly.

When everything is put back together I think this will really be the finishing touch that we needed.

After seeing it installed in the clutter room, now I'm pretty sure I'm going to do this in the basement bathroom too on the old kitchen cabinet base that I'm converting into a vanity.

It should work perfectly.

FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY!

The day has SERIOUSLY REALLY COME!!!  The hardwood flooring upstairs is DONE!!  Amazing!  It looks so awesome too.  We've covered up most of the main floor we walk on with a product called eucaboard - and I can not wait until the day we get to uncover it all and see it all put together!

Finished master closet

Finished master bath (where my clawfoot tub will be!)

Master bedroom back wall

We've got these tiny pieces glued in and tightened up with shims.  They're not going anywhere anytime soon :)

Middle bedroom (same thing...had to put some glue in there and make sure those little pieces didn't go anywhere.

Front bedroom.  Oh my gosh....I can't believe it's all done :)

Coat closet.  So cute!

Dining Room front wall.  DONE!

HALLELUJAH!!!

Too Much Left

Sooooo close!  Just closets and edges of the flooring....aaaahhhhh!  :)  We took a break from the flooring today though and installed a couple more doors (closet and half bath) and figured out the furniture moulding trim for the clutter room.

Middle bedroom closet that still needs flooring.

Look at that darn little edge in the front bedroom.  Go figure!

Front coat closet.  That one shouldn't take long (ha, famous last words!)

Still have to attach the last row in the middle bedroom too.

Here's the middle bedroom closet door that we installed today!

And the only functioning bathroom FINALLY has a door :)

I think I'm going to LOVE the furniture moulding on the base.  I know Kade doesn't love the idea (he keeps telling me you can't stand close enough to the cabinet with that in the way) but I'm thinking he's not going to be spending all of his time in the clutter room anyway :)

LAST ROW!

Finally, it was time to put the first coat of paint on the cabinet boxes.  I worked on that today while Kade was at work.  They're lookin' better already!

You can't even see where any of my nail holes are, lol.

Coverage is not quite as good as I had hoped.  I'm using flat paint for these cabinets, and will put a few coats of polyurethane on when I'm finished.  I've found that is what works the best for us.

Laundry side

Pantry side

Our progress for this evening...

FINALLY!!  The hardwood is mostly down.  Now it's just closets and edge peices!

I thought this day would NEVER come!