Im not sure where this came from and I haven't made one yet, but it's a star made from candy canes, round mint candies and hot glue. I have to try this one. The hardest part will be unwraping the candy canes without breaking them

 

cta da! the finished kitchen. Well not exactly. we still have a few small details to finish. We got the microwave installed tonight with some help from my daughters boyfriend. Love the result. Love the counter top (corian )

Dog feeding station. We don't have to feed Cole in the laundry room anymore

I couldn't be happier with the finished product

Rice's Cabinets from Barrie Ontario arrived yesterday with the new kitchen
Look at the amazing amount of progress they made in just one day. All of the cabinets are in and the countertops are installed. They even cleaned up before they quit work for the day


 

New paint colour. Lennox tan by Benjamin Moore. Cabinets come tomorrow. We touched up the hallway paint for now. The doorway is completely gone 

November 17th Progress

Here's how our day started. The dishwasher was delivered. Why is it that if you are waiting for something to be delivered because you really need it right now and the delivery guys tell you it will be between 8 and noon it shows up at 12:05, but if you don't really need it today and you are trying to have a little sleep in on a Saturday morning it arrives right at 8:00 am. That's right, I answered the door in my pajamas.

This afternoon Rick finished putting in the pot lights and the dimmer switches. What a huge difference it makes- finally some real progress. Tomorrow we finish mudding and maybe begin painting. Yea

Okay. This is getting old now. Really. Really. Old

The Doorway has been closed off. Now to see what's behind that bulkhead

view from the front hall

So far all we can see behind the bulk head is a bunch of wires. Our cabinet maker says not to worry about those because they will be hidden behind the crown moulding. We now have to determine how much of the framing for the bulkhead has to go and how much drywall has to be replaced. If only we could find our tape measure.
Meanwhile, I have been working on the guestroom in anticipation of company coming over the holiday season. If you follow my pinterest board its the room that is currently painted two shades of pink. The yellow (bm Hawthorne yellow) is the colour choice and the bed and bedding from our old house is in the last picture. I am currently deciding what to do about the drapes as the ones from our old house will not be long enough for this room. Hopefully I will be able to post a progress report over the weekend

Kitchen reno

This is a before shot of the kitchen when he previous owners lived here

When we moved in, I added some temporary decoration for about 12 dollars. I took off the doors on the cabinet over the peninsula and backed the cabinet with a vinyl table cloth from the dollar store. I also picked up some matching tea towels. I brought out some Robbin's egg blue plates that I had and added some bags over the fridge - just because they were the right colour

This is what my kitchen looks like today - great eh? The upper cabinets are gone, gone, gone; and the bulkhead is on its way.

This is my temporary kitchen set up in the diningroom. I have stuff here, in the origional kitchen and downstaris in the new pantry. Making dinner is a treat,

cutest little helper ever

I just got a blackberry playbook for Christmas and wanted to try it out. The Picture was taken on the playbook and posted directly without any editing. I think it turned out pretty good. I do find however that it is a pain to type on. I guess I am old school ( I use all my fingers - not just my thumbs), so I may have to get a keyboard thingy if I am going to use it very much for blogging- That is if I do any more  blogging. I haven't been very good about that.  I would like to blog more, really I would, but it just feels like I am talking to myself sometimes.  Is anyone out there??  Since I don;t have any followers yet, I guess I really am just talking to myself. Oh well at least I don't mind if I make the odd spelling mistake.