Woah...we've been BUSY. Our goal was for the majority of the kitchen to be done in the 2 wks Charles had off, but he ended up going to work for 3 days toward the end. So we are a bit behind...but we're working evenings a little along the way and this weekend we're work our butts off again. Some exciting things have happened!

Starting with the new pantry Charles built.
Charles framed it up, put the sheetrock up, and I taped and mudded it all up. One large section was uneven, and it took me a while to build it up with mud over a few days period of time. THIS is when I realized, SHEETROCKING STINKS and...I need to get on 'the juice' LOL!

Ok, pantry...Sheetrocked, taped/mudded

Charles tiles it

Couple days later, the texture goes on.

Here I am 'workin' the wall after the texture was sprayed on.

The panty, painted, ready for grout and a shelving system.

On the other side of the pantry is the living room and the rest of the hallway that was transformed into a pantry, on the living room side is now a coat closet by the door.

Sheetrocked after Charles framed it up:

Here I've taped & mudded it


Textured, sanded, primed...........


Painted, waiting for a door :) (this green is a few shades brighter than in real life..?)

More cabinets coming down!

The kids are surprised!

Now the floor comes up. WHAT a pain that was. Two layers of old linoleum. Charles was on the floor ALL DAY long peeling, scraping, etc. Finally we got a chemical from Home Depot, soaked it overnight, and got the remainder up the next day. DEFINITLEY putting us behind.

AFter the chemical:

The kids and I take Saturday off to go to our Assembly, we come back.....3/4 of the kitchen is tiled:

Ok remember when the wall connecting the kitchen and living room looked like THIS:

In the last post, you saw that we opened it up and added a beam. Here it is sheetrocked.

I start the mud.


Texture added, Painted a pale silvery/blue :)

Moving to the right, is the wall we knocked back a few feet. Behind it is the pantry and coat closet.......... it was like this:

Sheetrocked

Textured, Painted

This blue is a 'custom' paint color........ I didn't like the first, darker blue that went on, and the lighter color I picked was too light. So i mixed them until I liked it. I hope it stretches, b/c I don't know if I'll get this mix exact again!?

What's this????? Cabinets going in? YEAH!

Yes! And as of tonight.......a microwave! Charlie helped her Daddy do this whole thing..and, well, I helped hold it in while Charles bolted it in :)

Sometime this week, the stove will go under the microwave, obviously, cabinets and a granite counter, task lighting, and a HAPPY Mommy! LOL!

And, yesterday Charles drove 6 hours round trip to pick up our furniture. "Tune In" tomorrow for those pics!

Not letting the grass grow under our feet!