reno and demo: stage 8

The kitchen got 90% completed this weekend. Our contractor came in and installed the back splash for our counter and peninsula area. We have to wait for the mortar to set before we can apply the grout. Once the grout goes on, we are able to paint the few walls that still remain bare in the kitchen and dining room. 

This is the peninsula area that "connects" the kitchen to the dining room. It can hold four bar stools comfortably-five if we need it to. We chose a stainless steel finished subway tile for this small area that needed a back splash. It's a nice contrast to the white subway tiles and white cabinets. They should also make for easier clean up and stain resistant. 

All of the appliance are also installed and working-YAY!

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Most of the downstairs also got painted this weekend. The stairwell, foyer and living room are all painted and ready to go. We decided on Woodrow Wilson Putty as far as wall color goes. We describe it as a khaki grey/neutral. In the sunlight it looks more taupe and under the lights at night it has a darker grey vibe to it.

This color is a continuation from the hallway upstairs, which you can read about here.

We are in the home stretch- no pun intended- of this renovation. I am hoping to get most things done this week/weekend before the floors get refinished next weekend.

reno and demo: stage 4

CABINETS ARE INSTALLED!

Cabinets arrived last week, but our contractor was out of town for the week. While everyone was out of town last week I went over to the house and painted every night. Painting upstairs is coming along slowly...but surely. We are just about finished painting all the trim white on the second floor and are picking out wall colors this week. 

I am loving this color for out master bedroom. I think it is the perfect blend of masculine and feminine, and also a perfect combination of blue and green. I am also loving this dark/navy blue in our guest bedroom separated by our white chair rail that is throughout the room. 

Anyways, back to the star of this post.... the CABINETS!! We ordered these cabinets quite a while back and I am loving them! We picked out white shaker style cabinets with a brushed nickel drawer pull to compliment the cabinets. The picture below is the start of the peninsula, which is where our oven/stove will slide in between the cabinets. 

Our contractor realized that one of our cabinets didn't come in right. We have two cabinets next to the sink that are glass front, so they need to be white on the inside as well as the outside. It turns out that one of them is still tan on the inside so we have to get the correct cabinet ordered and delivered. Hopefully the correct cabinet comes in quickly so we can get the kitchen put together completely. 

I am hoping that the next step will be for the cabinet guys to come measure for our counter tops. Luckily, the lower cabinets are all installed so the counter top measuring should still go as planned. You can see one of the glass front cabinets in the picture below-and how they are supposed to be white on the inside. We still need to get measurements for our trim that got ripped down in the dining room and kitchen and that should hopefully happen sometime next week. 

On to the next stage of renovations....