Before & After

Alrighty - the kitchen is still a bit cluttered (we have to finish up the drawers still), but it's finally clean enough for the official before & after pic! I'll see if I can't get a nicer pic tomorrow when there's natural light. Had to crank up the ISO on the point & shoot, so it's quite noisy.

Before:


After:


And, here our new chairs in their home! Someday we'll get a new table to go with them, but for now this is it!


And happy Advent! I'm glad the sideboard is cleared off so I could set up our Advent wreath... with the little deer I found at a great thrift store in Philly.

New Chairs!

Hurrah!!

We found dining room chairs! We've only been looking for about 16 months! :-)



We're thinking we'll reupholster them with periwinkle blue fabric. Here's some photoshoppery to give you an idea :-)



Yay!

Cabinet Update

Well, we miscounted and ran out of screws to put the doors back up - so right now Matt is hunting in the basement for more screws (the hardware store is closed, of course) and I am typing up this update while waiting for our squash to roast. (We're having Roasted Butternut Squash, Pancetta, and Chestnut Soup for dinner... mmm)

Here's what's happened so far this weekend:

Doors (with handles!) waiting to go up


Matt installing doors


We also bought some new plants to make our window even happier - whee!


And, while I was typing all that, Matt found the missing hardware! Hooray! Now it's off to finish up.

Cabinets!

I'm not even going to think about how long it's taken us to get this far.... but the cabinets are nearly done. Another coat or two of paint, and up go the doors!

Before we moved in...


After we installed the backsplash...


Now...

IKEA!

Took a trip to IKEA today, partly to do some "research", partly to get some stuff.

I'm on a mission to create my perfect creative space - organization is pretty key to that. Well, I'm one step closer now, I have some "desk" drawers! (Artwork by my talented friend Layla of Dollface Design)



We also picked up the wool kilim-pattern rug I've been eyeing. I've had this nasty stretch of falling for home decor items only to have them be discontinued. I'm glad that won't be happening this time! (And no, we still haven't gotten around to painting the living room yet!)

Bathroom "Look"

I'm starting to hammer out my "vision" of what I'd like our blue bathroom to look like. Here's what I've got so far (click for a larger version):



I've got a call into Bath Fitter to see if they can just put something over our existing tub and surround. While I'm having a hard time imagining the perfect bathroom, I am glad that my ideas thus far can be done bit by bit. If we get the bathtub done, we can wait to do the floor, etc.

Yard Sales Ahoy!

We found a new-to-us wicker stool at a yard sale today. I thought about maybe painting it, but I like the natural wood tones. It works equally well as a little table or extra seating for a board game on the coffee table :-)



I also ran a HUGE test print of 'Specimen 652' - love it!