Something to add a little color to the winter landscape...

Cori brought this rebar tree with her from San Diego and we have been adding bottles since we have started working on the house.  (They all have been drunk for medicinal purposes only :)  )..  Even our neighbor has snuck over and added a few of her own!

It's the little things....

 The kitchen cabinets got put in this week. (beautiful!)  Waiting for the countertop.  In the meantime,  here's a picutre of the built in shelves behind the upstairs bathroom door.  What a difference paint makes...

Purple room no longer purple!

 

We liked the color of living room so much (and we had leftover paint) that we painted the purple room the same color.  Definitely more subtle.  We are going to get neutral carpet for all the upstairs bedrooms because we don't want to pull out the hundreds, maybe thousands, of nails that they used to hold down underlayment.

Finally got a picture..

hello,

I finally got a picture taken today of the great bench that Cori made in the upstairs bath.  We took out the old vanity and mirrors and she built this instead.  It is awesome!

UPSTAIRS BATHROOM

Hello!  Happy 2012!  Except for little things, the upstairs bath is all done.  We are really proud of it.  After Cori made the bench with hooks for towels/robes, I made the old dressing table we got from Habitat into a vanity.  We used  the mirror that matched the downstairs bathroom dresser vanity for over the sink.  We were lucky one day at Lowes and found the exact size remnant we needed for the flooring and saved $50.  It looks like slate but is vinyl and cushiony to walk on.  The door is one of the coolest things.  We got it free when we went to buy another door for one of the bedrooms.  We decided to 'frost' the top window.  I happened to be on the internet and found that there was spray paint that frosted glass.  We thought we would try it since the door was free.  We found some vine-looking stencils that Cori stuck in the 4 corners and then she did the spray painting.  When it dried, in about 30 minutes, we removed the stencils and it came out great.  You can't see through it other than light.  It is pretty unique. 

  The plumbing was replaced in August in this corner in the bathroom and we put some planks on the wall that we had leftover from the ceiling in the downstairs bathroom.  We love the air compressor!

 I think I had posted a picture of the turquoise tub and sink before but wanted you to see the before/after side by side shots.  The new floor is more grayish than the picture shows.  We are pretty proud of this room.  We have to stop and stare at it whenever we walk by-ha!  I was going through my pictures and can't find the final project of Cori's bench.  I will take camera over there tomorrow and get one.  
Later...

The main floor bathroom is FINALLY done!

Hello and happy holidays,

I am taking a little break from the house down in Louisville and Cori is probably working her bottom off while I'm gone.  Heading home tomorrow so I can't wait to see what she's done.
 I have a few extra minutes in the hotel so I thought I would post some pictures of the bathroom  that is finally complete.  (the upstairs bath is almost done, too!)
I am putting before pictures of the tub area that used to have 2 sinks with a built in vanity.  There is also an alcove with the toilet.  It used to have two entrances.  One came off of the addition room but Cori blocked off that door so the toilet is more private.  Before the toilet area had a rotten floor and a bad wall behind the toilet from moisture.  There also had been a yucky shelf unit and old medicine cabinet across from toilet.  We found an old glass door cabinet on Craigslist that Cori built into the wall.  If you remember the dresser we got in September from Craigslist, it is now the cool vanity.  It came out gorgeous by cutting a hole for the sink and putting on a new faucet.  The floor by the toilet was tiled by me but Cori did a great job on the tile surround by the 'relaxation' tub.  The pine floor by the tub and vanity came out beautiful after being sanded (a lot) and stained.  It doesn't even look like the same room.   We love it!

Got to go see my grandon!

Taking a break from the house for this....

Brandon was 31 yesterday so I drove to Lousiville for a few days.  And I get to see my grandson, Isaac!!  He was 2 in September and I hadn't seen him since 4th of July.  Man, has he changed.  He knows letters and colors and can walk up and down stairs and runs a lot.  I am watching him all day while Brandon is working and Nicole out of town.  He's napping, so I'm resting...