This past weekend I was down in Columbus, GA at Fort Benning watching my brother-in-law graduate from basic training. My husband and I are so proud of Jordan and I want to honor him today on my blog.
Jordan – I am so proud of the person you’ve become! I want to thank you for your dedication and sacrifice to serving our country and protecting our freedom. God bless you and keep your safe!
We bought our cabinets and paid for the countertop on Sunday!!!
It was more money than I’ve ever spent at once…yikes!
When the total came up on the cash register, I just pointed at it and hubby and I just laughed.
That’s all you can do in that kind of situation!
The charge posted today. I have to admit – I kind of hurt me to look at it.
But hopefully it’ll all be worth it when the kitchen is done!
-Holly
A couple of weekends ago we filled up 9!!! refuse bags clearing out our flower bed in front of the house. It was back breaking work!
(The first few bags – we were about 1/2 way done at this point.)
But when I see this:
I remember why we bought a house with a yard. 🙂
This past week (while I was slaving away at work) my hubby and my father-in-law took care of a few more things for the kitchen. They installed the door in the new pantry/laundry room wall. (After an extra trip to Home Depot because they bought the wrong size the first time…hehe!)
Hubby was also home when the fridge was finally delivered…not on Tuesday like it was supposed to be…because the first set of delivery men were jerks…lazy…incompetent fools…not very nice men. The fridge wouldn’t fit through the front or side door of our house (houses built in 1950 have smaller doors than newer houses I guess) and the first set of delivery men wouldn’t bring the fridge up the steps to the back porch and in through the back door. *Sigh* So we rescheduled the delivery for Thursday and they were supposed to bring two extra men…and…well…they didn’t! But the two men that did show up were very helpful and brought the fridge in through the back door anyway. So FINALLY we have our fridge in the house. But….they couldn’t hook up the water line for the ice maker because ours is too old. Another item for the plumber to charge us for!
But I LOVE the fridge! It is BEAUTIFUL! And every time I see it, I just smile.
New fridge love!
We also bought our oven and new microwave…and they were delivered without any issues. 🙂
The plumber came back with a quote for moving the washer up to the new laundry room, but now we’re thinking we need to wait until later on in the renovation in case we have more plumbing issues that we need to add on (just like the darn waterline for the fridge).
Saturday and Sunday we sanded, primed and painted the new wall…which you would think wouldn’t have taken very long since it’s a tiny wall…but of course it seemed like it took FOREVER! Glad it’s done!
New wall! (Please ignore all the spilled paint on the floor. We’re replacing the floor anyway.) We’ll also move the white cabinet once we have the shelving up in the pantry. (The white cabinet served as our pantry for the past year and a half.)
I think the kitchen already looks 100 times better – just with the new fridge and the walled off pantry area. I can’t wait to see the entire thing finished!
And we won’t talk about the GA/FL game…ug! Oh well…there’s always next year!
-Holly
We started the kitchen renovation this weekend!
Step 1 – Wall off the breakfast nook to make a walk-in pantry/laundry room. (Our washer and dryer are in the basement right now – NOT convenient.)
My father-in-law is awesome. He threw the wall up in just a few hours. Josh and I will be breaking out the paint tonight. Then we’ll install the door later this week and cross this step off the list!
Plus – Our NEW refrigerator be delivered tomorrow!!! I am soooooooo excited!! It’s BEAUTIFUL!!
P.S. We HAVE to buy a new camera battery charger. I still can’t find our old one and I really want to take pics during the renovation. 🙁
Here are some pics taken with my iPhone – please excuse the quality…and please ignore the mess that is our kitchen.
Here is the rest of the kitchen renovation plan. (I’ll just be happy when it’s all over!)
Step 2 – Call the plumber and schedule them to come out to move the washer and dryer into the laundry room.
Step 3 – Tear out the old cabinets
Step 4 – Put together new cabinets
Step 5 – Install new cabinets
Step 6 – Have new countertop installed
Step 7 – Have new microwave, new wall oven, and old stovetop installed
Step 8 – Vent new microwave to outside (it’s an over the range microwave)
Step 9 – Backsplash
Step 10 – Flooring
Step 11 – Lighting