So far, my favorite room is the kitchen. Which makes sense, since I spend most of my time in there! We painted, added a couple cupboard doors where needed (who doesn`t want doors on their cupboards?!?), & redid our countertops. I am currently scraping glue off the original 1920 hardwoods. Yes, glue. Someone, in a haze of craziness, glued the ugliest, roughest, blue-gray carpet to the floor (granted, our kitchen used to be a bedroom). Anyway. I am almost done scraping the glue (just the dining & living areas left!), then we will be doing a light sand to be sure all the glue is gone, & restaining. The floors were originally dark, & I plan on keeping them dark. Our cabinets (custom built in Dec 2006) are a warm fruitwood, & well, I can`t change those, LOL.
Anyway. All this to say, I wanted to share progress pictures with you! Here are the befores, from May of 2007. Ignore the mess, & the silly baby (I can`t get over that Ryden used to be that little, sniff sniff!), but here they are :)
This was taken while standing in the living room, looking west. Love the southwestern teal bluey-green! Ick :( Check out that fabulous carpet too! Who says kitchen carpet is a bad idea??
Standind with my back against the window. My sink! I love my double sink. The right side is so super deep, perfect for defrosting 20 pound turkeys! Also note the silly baby! He was mad I was taking pictures that weren`t of him ;)
The built in hutch. I was so excited when I saw this! I thought the bottom was all storage. It`s not :( I also love the no doors, & eating off dusty dishes.
And so, that was my kitchen, almost 5 years ago. Stay tuned, my next post will include up to date photos!
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