So we have been hard at work on a couple projects around the house. I am definently starting to feel the pressure to get things done before baby girl makes her debut (or maybe it's just nesting!;) anyways, our biggest project that had been (almost) all the way tackled is the kitchen. The things I wanted changed in here was the laminate floors, old cabinets, a decorative front for the island, and last but not least a DISHWASHER! Jess has gotten to most of it but there's still the finishing touches that need done. I know what a guy!;)
Here are my new cabinets. Yay!! I just am so in love with them! They are actually a garage sale find. They were an old built in that Jess took apart into cabinets. We scored them for $100. We still need to add some crown moulding up top the upper cabinets, put beadboard and countertops on the lower cabinets. I actually ended up tucking my garbage can out of sight in one of the bottom cabinets and LOVE that it's out of sight. James was a bit disappointed though as he loves throwing all my garbage, and even not garbage, away "for me." ;)
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Here is the decorative end to our island. I just love how it came together. That is chalked up to jesses handy work. He is seriously the best. The chairs I found at a garage sale for $10 for the pair! I would like to make cusions for the seats but am debating back and forth as it is so great that they are wipe able with a 2 year old!
You can also see here a pretty good shot of the new (well old, but new to us) floor. We took up the icky cheapy light colored laminate and just stained the old plank floors underneath! We both loved the results of that too!
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This dishwasher is probably my favorite new feature to the kitchen! Who actually knew they would save so much time?! Not to mention counter space!! She is second hand actually. Picked her up for $200<- happy Mother's Day to me!;)
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This is a shot of the kitchen when we first saw our house... Amazing what a little paint does, right?
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Another little before and after of the cabinets. (Once we get them finished I will post more pics!!)
So far the whole kitchen remodel has been around $400-$450 (including cabinets and dishwasher) I would love to eventually add marble countertops and a new sink but that is probably a ways off.
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Another couple projects on the to-do list are James toddler room and baby girls nursery... Actually we are going to be updating all our bedrooms upstairs. We are refinishing the upstairs floors in about 2 weeks so after that I will get started with the rearranging!
This is a little taste of James toddler room. We got the walls/woodwork painted. These are some items I've chosen to go in his room. For his bday a little over a month away #tear. We will be getting him a teepee for up here! I just love love love the look of those and dear auntie shell said she would make it so we don't have to spend as much $$.
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Baby girls room will be light pink, cream, grey, and gold with a hint of parisian elegance. Here is some goodies for her room. You can see the bedding behind the print.
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I actually did splurge on her bedding from Restoration Hardware. Anyone who knows me knows that that took a lot of thought since I am literally the garage sale queen. (Pretty much everything I own is garage sale/ flee market finds) but omg the bedding was worth the splurge. It was literally the perfect color of pink. I only ended up buying a dust ruffle, bumper pad and sheet because my momma is going to make a grey quilt to go in her crib. We thought that would offset the pink well.
It's hard to tell from the pic but the sheet has little dancing ballerinas!:)
Well that's about it for now. Have a great end of your week!!
