Today I stop counting days because almost everything is back to normal. We have most of the furniture back in place and things are much less hectic, except for the fact that's it's 11 o'clock and we leave for Montana in 5 hours. So here are the pictures of the"finished" (except for the things that we haven't finished) kitchen.
Here is where the sliding glass door used to be. It was a small nook in the kitchen but now it's just part of the kitchen. I love my door it makes me smile just thinking about it.
Here is the hallway into the entry (from the kitchen). We caulked all the odd exterior wood paneling and it painted up real nice, it has some nice character. This is one of the areas where we have changed our minds. When we come home from Montana we'll be painting the textured walls in the entry the same yellow as the kitchen. We decided it was too white.
This is the view of the former dining room, now craft room/office. Jer drywalled up both of the former doorways, and made a wide opening on the wall in the kitchen. Although this picture was taken at night during the day it's well lit because of this change. He also replaced the window, added trim, replaced the baseboards, put in canned lighting, and added a beam to the entrance.
Entry way. Here Jer covered the former door into the dining room, replaced the closet door, trimmed out the closet (and the toy room entry), replaced the baseboards, and added a couple of spots for sconces. We will be painting the walls in here yellow, because the Swiss Coffee isn't doing it for us. Actually putting sconces in the little blue holes. And painting the door the same blue as my dutch door. These were changes from the original plan, that's why we have to do them when we get back.
Another view of the entry. We will be keeping the wood walls and ceilings Swiss Coffee, just painting the regular walls. We also replaced the strange gold eyeball lights in favor of something a little less noticeable.
Here is the kitchen from standing just in front of the fridge and facing the entry hall.
Here's the kitchen, pretty much done. We did too much in here to list everything. We still have to install 4 pendant lights (two over the sink and two over the island), put in the backsplash, and get some barstools.
Here's the dining area. Jer replaced the window trimmed it replaced the baseboards and replaced the lights. We still have to get a hanging fixture for over the table as well. So short of a little tile, paint, and a few lights we're done. When we get home in August, I'll be getting right on those things so I can have it all complete before school starts. Then I can start of the decorating of my new spaces, once the kids are in school and I can shop with wild abandon! I hope to continue posting while were in Montana, so keep checking in.
