The lights are all in except we shorted ourselves one can light. We will pick that up next time we are in town. It is so bright and cheery. Even with the lights off we have so much natural light that it feels like a different house! Marty has started prepping the counters to pour our concrete. I love love love this project and Marty has been in such a great mood!!!
I had to show this earlier picture so you could look at the one under it to see the difference in the cabinets.
We moved the big long cabinet over by the stove. We put the one that was there on the otherside of the room by the closet.
we filled an empty space by the counter with one of the cabinet doors from next to the stove and cut a hole that will fit cookie sheets, large cutting boards and pizza pans. yay! now I just have to find a cool rack to install in that space!
Marty took down the big florescent light and started hanging can lights
He looks like a ghost!! Sheetrock dust!! Yuck!!
This is as far as we got. The lights are wired and working all but 2. Saturday just isn't long enough! :) well we will have to see what we can get done on Monday, Tuesday, wednesday.....
I got some good news!! I have been promoted from the assistant custodial supervisor to THE CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR at the Nauvoo Temple!!! Yay! I am so excited! Brother Adams has been moved to days and is now a full time assistant engineer and I am in charge of the custodial staff at night. Sister Gifford was promoted to assistant custodial supervisor. We are both thrilled to death!!
This should give you a little better idea of what we are doing in the kitchen. Marty is building the wall that the bar will sit on. We will have a 42" high bar on the dining room side and a 36" high counter top on the kitchen side. The cabinets that use to be part of the island in the middle of my old kitchen now will be against the new 1/2 wall under the new counter top where it is placed in these pictures.
Marty hung sheetrock and then he will build the form for the concrete bar.
He will put sheet rock on the side here to. we will finish the look with a veneer that matches the wall surrounding the fireplace in the dining room.
This is approximately how the cabinets will look. this remodel has made my house seem huge already. I love how much brighter and open everything is. It already feels great!! I am so excited for the next step!
Here is a picture I got on the internet that shows an idea of how the counter and bar will look> not the colors just design.
Say goodbye to the old wall because it is going bye bye today!!!! We need to get into it to run wires for the other wall that we just built. Demolition and wiring are the goals for the day!!
Today was another snow day. This time we stayed in and lounged around. Marty is still feeling sick so he was in bed. I have been cleaning and planning my new kitchen. :) Lacey has been helping Sylvia and Jessica settle in over at my moms house cleaning and organizing. Jo has been watching tv and playing on her laptop and Larissa decided to cook!!
After dinner I asked Lacey and Jo to clean up the dishes.....
They were kidding.
Well we had some snow!! Just enough for that wonderful 6am phone call that school is canceled for the day. I walked down the hall and told Larissa. She said "thank you". I told Lacey next she said "REALLY?? Yay!" in her drowsy half asleep voice. Then I told Jo "YAY!! Are you kidding!! I LOVE AMERICA!!!" ha ha ha it really made me laugh. It was a really fun day. Marty stayed home because he was sick and the girls went out to play in the snow with their friends. I cleaned and relaxed. I love snow days!!
I got home from work yesterday to a big surprise! Marty started on my kitchen. I can't believe it is actually going to happen.
Now he will mud and paint then we get to take out the other wall.
(to be continued) YAY!!!
Jo wanted to cook for us so she planned Sunday dinner. It was "Porc a l'orange et aux amandes" she had to emprovise a little but it was really really good. She was so worried but there was no need. NO LEFTOVERS is a good sign of a delicious meal!!!
Saturday Marty finally had time to put the carpet in that we bought on Monday. I am so Happy.
"Look! Look we are working too!"
"ahhh we are so tired from working so hard"
Stretching my new carpet!!!
