I thought I would take you on a tour our kitchen remodel that took place Jan. 2009. We did a lot of the work ourselves, but the major things like the cabinets and counters we hired the professionals. Here is what the kitchen looked like right before we moved in. It was builder cabinets, green counters, and purple walls. I can't say it was horrible, but I had bigger plans for it!We started by removing all the cabinets ourselves. We saved all the uppers and moved some to our laundry room and gave ... Read More about Kitchen Remodel-Part 1
A Taste of the Unexpected
Hello, everyone! Well, I am so glad to finally be able to share my passion with you all! Numerous friends have told me to start blogging and I am happy I took their advice. It will take me a while to get my site looking right, so in the meantime it isn’t going to be too exciting. A little bit about myself…I LOVE decorating and remodeling and anything to do with design!! I am a stay-at-home mom, so there isn’t much money in the budget for the “finer things in life,†if ... Read More about A Taste of the Unexpected
Kitchen Remodel Part-2
To continue... When the professionals left, I had the task of installing the tile. (on a shoe-string budget) A few years back I had bought 4 boxes of tumbled travertine tiles for 50 cents at an auction. Less than a dollar for that much tile is unreal! It was an impulse buy but I knew I could use it somewhere, one day. So when we moved, the tile moved with us. I had this tile but it was a little plain, so I found the tile to make a rectangle around the pot filler. It still needed something so I ... Read More about Kitchen Remodel Part-2
Kitchen Remodel Part-1
I thought I would take you on a tour our kitchen remodel that took place Jan. 2009. We did a lot of the work ourselves, but the major things like the cabinets and counters we hired the professionals. Here is what the kitchen looked like right before we moved in. It was builder cabinets, green counters, and purple walls. I can't say it was horrible, but I had bigger plans for it! We started by removing all the cabinets ourselves. We saved all the uppers and moved some to our ... Read More about Kitchen Remodel Part-1