Kitchen Remodel

 Okay friends...  I felt dumb posting these pictures on FB so I haven't but my friends keep asking to see my kitchen remodel so I thought I would post them on my old blog !!!
Let me also add that I have always wanted to design a kitchen and although doing a remodel limits you in a lot of ways it was SO MUCH FUN!  Picking out every detail was a little overwhelming but mostly amazing and I couldn't be happier with the way it all turned out!

I wish I would have taken more pictures of the "before" but here are some I found from before we moved into the house:

We hated the dropped ceiling above the bar... weird.  So that had to go along with the beer-glass pendants that hung right at eye level.  

 The room was dark and beige all over and the islands shape made some very tight walkways so we redesigned the island too.

First thing, we took out the sofit over the island.  It was a very messy job but Trev was up for the challenge! 

  

Eventually we patched up the ceiling and added wood planks to cover it all.

 Months later (this was a long process my friends!!!) my parents came up from Utah and we started demolition on the kitchen.  We removed all the cabinets (I'm putting them in my craft room) and took out the concrete countertops... all 4 tons of them!!  

I'm not kidding... they weighed it at the dump... 4 TONS people.

The backsplash was glued on instead of using mortar and we could not get the tiles off so we ended up cutting out all the drywall with the tile!  Not fun.

 We then patched up the drywall and took apart the island which was by far the hardest part.  We had to relocate plumbing and electrical to fit our new islands placement.

 We also found that there were some tiles missing under the island that would be showing so we had to find and put in new tile.  Fortunately we were able to find a similar tile and I took some wood stain to "dirty it up" a bit to match the rest of our dirty tile.  ;)

 Electrical nightmare!!!!

BUT, it was all worth it!

(if you ask my husband he may beg to differ on that statement) 

This is my new lovely kitchen:

I LOVE my ginormous copper farmhouse sink.  

LOVE it!

We moved the fridge over to the corner and clipped off the corner of the end cabinet to help with the traffic in the kitchen.  This area used to be a terrible bottleneck!

My ceiling planks were also a ton of work 

(the mudding and sanding and then nailing planks and filling nail holes and sanding some more and then painting and caulking all over my head ... talk about pain in the neck!  pun intended) 

but it was also totally worth it!!!

I did all the tile myself and hope that the white subway tile will be forever timeless.

One of my very favorite things about the new cabinets are the upper cabinets with the grille and lighting and the beautiful crown molding. 

 So there ya go.  

I feel so spoiled to have such a beautiful kitchen!  

I know that it is just a "thing" and there are far more things that are far more important but I am grateful for it and my family enjoys it every day.

Dining Room

Hello there. 

 

It's been awhile...

Most of you, like me, have moved on from this blog. 

 

I have found my life is too busy to keep up nannygoat but not too busy to keep creating...

never too busy for that.

Since my last post we have moved to a new home and we have been busy trying to make it "ours".  It is getting closer and I have had several friends ask to see pictures (and I'd rather post them on here then on FB) so here is our dinning room.

 

This is what it looked like before we moved in:

 The colors were very warm but also very dark with a dark olive on the side walls and a brown and olive faux painted ceiling.  It felt warm and cozy but also cave-like and definitly not my style. 

 

I was looking for a bright and airy feeling in this space and it was the first room to get painted. 

 

We added molding to the walls and around the windows and painted the walls in Sherwin Williams Waterscape.  We paneled the ceiling with 6in strips of wood. 

The space feels twice as big now.  It's amazing what paint can do to change the whole feel of the room.

 

 

 

 Here is a shot of the ceiling:

 

 

We aren't completely done with the molding and I'm still deciding if I'm going to put up pendant lights (they are not centered with the table so probably not) so there are some hole in the ceiling but you get the idea.

 

 

 

Kitchen remodel is almost done.  I have to grout the backsplash today.  I hate grouting!!!!

I'll post pictures soon. 

A photoshoot

I wanted to capture the kids with Carson while he is still new and so little so this is what we came up with today.

Our new addition

Busy lovin' on this little bug.

I can't get enough of him.

Thrift store mirror re-do

I found this window mirror at a nearby thrift store for $3.99!

SCORE!!!

It just needed some white spray paint...oh, and a clothespin wreath...

I made the clothespin wreath in March with a bunch of old-fashioned clothespins and an embroidery hoop. It was SO easy and I LOVE it!

Perfect!!

Nursery is done... pretty much

We finally moved the chandelier above the queen bed...

And my hubby spent some time at Home Depot searching for hardware for the crib...
I LOVE the crib bedding I found at TJMAXX (Kenneth Brown "Jumping for Joy").


The wall color is Behr "Ocean's kiss".

I don't LOVE a lot of accessories... can you tell?!

My favorite rooms have contrast through the walls and fabrics but look very clean and clutter free. This room feels peaceful to me because of it's lack of clutter and it's simplicity.

I can't wait to lay my sweet baby boy in his new quiet nursery.