Exciting huh?!

So it doesn't look like much to you, but can't you just sense my excitement? You really should, because it's palpable... It's my new appliances!!! I've never had all new appliances. I really thought that was only something that happened on HGTV, but my wonderful-loving-good looking-slightly germ-a-phobe- husband said that he wasn't building me a new kitchen and putting old appliances in it! So we sold the dishwasher that came with the house and we went out a picked out a new set. Mind you, they are currently in the garage - not really where you want to display your new appliances, but with no cabinets, or counters, or walls just yet, it's probably a better place.

 On a separate note, I think I've made it clear how I feel about beige paint. Let me add to that list - wallpaper. Sorry Mom, but I've made it very clear all these years - and now I am reminded why I hate it so much. (Just a note, from one vantage point in my mothers house you can see 7 different wallpapers - no joke. But I also counted 116 pumpkins from the stretch of the phone cord back in the day (yes, I obsessively count things, but that's a whole different issue)). I've been working on getting rid of this plaid and teddy bear ensemble since the day we got the keys, but that sucker is stuck. I should make my mom come take it off as punishment for the miles she has hung.

The helpers...aren't they cute... 

(Notice the BEIGE closet doors in the background, can't wait to take that on...)

Yesterday I finished the master bath (I feel so fancy having a master bath, I thought those were only on HGTV too.) It's a very light blue and the trim is now  a crisp white. But it didn't start that way. It was originally beige (shocker huh?) with a very thick coating of hairspray. You see, the woman we bought the house from had this terrible teased and sprayed hair ("you just tease it and make it look like a brown football helmet" - That was for you Heidi) And apparently she was quite thorough with the spray because everything opposite the mirror had a pretty heavy layer of nasty hairspray. Fortunately it was nothing a little sand paper, primer and paint couldn't handle. And I will not be causing the same issue to occur again, I don't think I own hairspray.

Tonights Project

I promise, as a homeowner, NEVER to paint a ceiling beige.

A little done, a lot more to do...

It was a busy week of painting and prepping but I was able to finish one small project. There is such joy in finishing something-even if it's a lowly bathroom. While it still has an ugly light and needs some caulk, it's far better than the orange monstrosity that was here before - now it's a soothing light yellow...awww, my oasis in the chaos.

Time to start the next mess...

On Saturday we started to remove our 30 year old flaking, dark, dirty kitchen.

BEFORE:

DURING:

 AFTER:

We are still going to remove the soffit and walls where the laundry and pantry are, but we are waiting for the dumpster next weekend. That and we have to determine if we can remove more wall without the house falling down, minor details.

 Next came the careful measurement, calculation and figuring. (We had good 4-legged helpers) As much as we have talked about our 'dream kitchen' all these years, when it comes to actually creating and building it. Wow -that's a whole different kind of challenge. We have spent so many hours sitting on the floor staring at the walls and talking it's unreal. I think we have finally come up with a design, layout, and color scheme.

So all seems to be moving ahead, except one major issue. The floor. We really wanted to put in hardwoods, but man are they expensive. So we've looked at engineered, bamboo, and everything in between. The other major issue of hardwood is that it's incredibly labor intensive and torture on dogs. We looked at carpet, it's easy to have installed (thanks to someone else doing the work) but carpet just doesn't last with dogs. It gets dirty and filled with hair - oh but the dogs love it so much.... So what do we do?? We're not all that sure - anyone want to solve that one for us? Until then, I'll be avoiding the chaos in my new bathroom.