Living in My Beautiful Kitchen

It is hard to pick a favorite place, but my kitchen is definitely a great space. It is sunny and bright and spacious. I like the deep windowsill and the farmhouse sink. Great for washing those big pots.

Here you can see the two colors of granite counters.

I love cooking in this kitchen. It has taken me some time to decide how best to organize it,

 but that is a good problem to have!

It has been a few years since I cooked with gas, but I like it and am glad to get back to it.

The motawi tiles on the backsplash I showed close up on a previous post.

The white tiles are subway tiles and there is a green glass accent tile.

This picture shows my island and the great light fixtures!

 My old cookstove has it's own special place, next to the door to the pantry.

And on the other side is the butler's pantry, the breakfast nook and the door to my office.

This is the pantry.

So come on over for lunch!

My Craftsman Influence Kitchen

This is finally starting to look like a completed kitchen!

The top drawer has to be cut down because it hits the gas line.

 The tile backsplash  --  white subway tiles with green glass tiles and Motawi Tileworks tile accents.

The lights over the sink and over the island are all from Schoolhouse Electric in Portland.

All the appliances are in except the refrigerator. We are using the refrigerator we have in our current house.

The island and this cabinet are stained oak.

I am so anxious to get moved in and actually use this kitchen.

But as you can see we are kind of living out of the pantry! : )

Day 384 -- Entry, Laundry Room & Bathroom Tile Work Completed

Our tile guy finished up today. He will be back later to do the kitchen backsplash and the fireplace, but for now he is done. It all looks beautiful.

Thanks!

DAY 365 -- ONE YEAR INTO THE PROJECT

One year ago this week  [it was a Wednesday, July 13, 2011] we broke ground on this house.  I was sure we would be in by now but as you can see, we are not. Things are progressing steadily but we won’t be moving in this week. Or next.

It has been quite a year.  Quite an adventure. We have learned a lot. About building a house, about people, about ourselves.  And in the end I have no doubt it will be worth the wait and the work.  We have had some fun along the way and we have met many interesting people.  And there is no question, the house is beautiful.

In the last week:

We celebrated the Fourth of July.

The painters have been working and they hope to finish up this week.

The garage doors were installed.

The tile installer has been very busy and has most of the tile installed and ready to grout.

Bryan started installing the deck boards on the porch.

The girls and I helped Bryan paint the basement ceiling and walls. I ordered more light fixtures. The template for the countertops was made.  And we had record high temperatures.

This is the thermostat on my dashboard.

July 2 - Day 356 - Working on a Little Bit of Everything

The woodwork is pretty much done. Stained and lacquered. It looks so good. There is some painted woodwork upstairs that they are working on now and then they will paint the walls. I am so anxious to see color on the walls.

It has been triple digit heat many days out here already, so working early in the morning and in the evenings is the best answer.  We are trying to work later in the evenings as well.  I don’t do too well in the heat.  Bryan can handle it better than I. He and the girls and Dylan all worked until after midnight painting the garage one night. I went home shortly after 11pm.  

We have also been working on getting the basement clean because we'd like to have the concrete floor stained. It is quite a chore getting all the drywall mud cleaned up.

Our tile guy started working this past week. He laid backer board and made the shower pans.

The tile should be delivered this week. I have spent many, many hours lately getting tile picked out.  I think I lugged home two dozen tile samples.

We have also spent time getting the counter tops picked out. We had a tour of a place here in town than makes granite counter tops.

I have also been working on getting all my light fixtures and fans here and ready to install. My living room is full of boxes.

And every few days I have some more cabinet hardware and door knobs to go pick up.

I still have a lot of things on my To Do List.  So I keep chipping away at it . . .

Sunrise this morning at Robinhood Lane.