The Kitchen Plans

 

I know what you are thinking...Why would I ever change our kitchen?? ;-)

I love the exposed brick! I think it will really warm up the space (color wise) and bring in a fun texture. Not to mention it shows off some of the authentic bones of the house.

 

Blake and I decided with the area we live in, and if we decide to keep this and make it a rental property, we probably would not get a return on our money if we did the full fledge kitchen renovation. Not to mention I love the to-the-ceiling cabinets, which if you were to have a cabinet company do those now, it would cost a pretty penny. 

So we are choosing to keep the cabinets and the white appliances, and do a minor makeover.

This is what we plan to do. . .

 

A Quick Rendering

Finishes

Some Inspiration Photos

I love all of the white kitchens that are trending, but I didn't want to for a couple of reasons; #1. My kids are messy #2. With the existing white appliances I thought it might be too much white and #3. I didn't like how it would look with the tile. So we are going Grey!!!

The biggest issue is we want to pay someone to paint the cabinets so it's done right. And once we start I want to be sure we have the funds to do it all, so we don't have to cook in a remodel for months and months. Hopefully we can start soon! I'll try to be good and keep you updated on the progress.

Here's some updated pictures of our house....

After I posted the remodeled bedroom pictures, I realized I haven't posted any updated pictures of our home since we first moved in. And since Monday is my cleaning day I thought what the heck?! I'll take some pictures while our house is clean for 5 minutes.
The thing with buying an older home is I feel like the projects never end. And when we finish one thing we think "great there are only 20 more big projects and then we'll be done."
Even though it does seem like project after project; I love our old house. I love being a home owner who has a house to work on, and I love the character and quirks our little house has. It might not be exactly where I want it yet, but it does feel like ours, which is the most important thing to me.
I've compiled a few pictures of our living spaces. . .

Check out our new rug and ceiling fan! Both were this years birthday presents to me.

See our dining room table and chairs. . . That is my next project.

I just love the Art Deco styled vents, and a couple of weeks ago Blake added the toe kick trim which I think really classes up the trim.

I love the old 6 pane windows. I don't love cleaning them however which was my project last Saturday. (Another future project for this room is adding a window seat between the bookcases. I'm just trying to decide whether we should do a built in, or just by a cute fabric covered bench??)

I'm going to do a different post on our kitchen and what we've got planned, so stay tuned. . .

Our Bedroom Remodel

It's official we have a third bedroom and I am overjoyed on how it turned out!
Don't think for a minute this was an easy process, it took us since September to complete. Especially since we were doing it ourselves. My sweet husband has worked almost every Saturday and occasionally after work during the week when he didn't have other engagements. But he did it...Just in time for golf season too! :-)

The Plans

Taking the lovely paneling off

Tearing down the wall between the sun room and laundry area

Our Helper... (I would cringe every time he would swing that hammer back!)

Bart (Blake's Dad) Helped us so much! He gave up a lot of fishing trips to come work on the room. It was greatly appreciated!

Getting the framing up

We found this door in our basement?! I absolutely love it. It was difficult for me to paint over the original wood, but I love how it turned out in the space as our closet door. To me it's like a furniture piece that compliments the look of the rest of the room.

 

The carpet is so warm and soft I love the tones it pulls with every thing else!

This room cost us about $3,000 to complete. This was my first big remodel I've done, and I learned a lot from it. It was so much fun to design something for us, and to bring my vision to life. Not to mention it is heavenly to have our own little oasis to come to at the end of the day.

Product Break Down:
Building Materials: $1058 (that includes; studs, drywall, electrical, plumbing, plaster, door frames, and other misc. materials)
Trim: $197
Lighting: $130 (both lights are from Lowes)
Paint: $76 (SW Worldly Gray & SW Snowbound)
Shades: $144 (Walmart.com cellular shades)
Closet (built ins): $136
Drapery and Rods: $156 (Wayfair from Walmart.com & rods from amazon)
Tile, Hardy Board & Grout: $643 (this is skewed because we bought all the materials for tiling the kitchen later, much later :-) so really we probably spent >$100 to tile that area) Tile is from Lowes; Leonia Silver Porcelin Tile $3.85 sq. ft
Carpet & pad/tack strip: $447.90 (Carpet was from Wall2Wall named soft luxury chino grey @ $2.25 sq. ft)
Vanity Area: $431 (vanity & sink are from Ikea $365, I wanted something that looked more like a furniture piece than an actual vanity, and I Loved how this turned out. The mirror is from Moen/Amazon for $48)
Bedding: I can't remember?? We bought it 6 1/2 years ago when we were first married from Bed Bath and Beyond. I'm a little embarrassed how wrinkly it is!! The brown pillows we got in China Town in San Fran and I have extra material from my curtains I am going to make pillows out of one of these days..