The Kitchen...it's getting closer!

6 years ago yesterday

 (well, it was already the 28th in China, but the 27th in the USA) 

was the BEST day of my life... this wonderful little baby was placed in my arms and made me a Mommy!

She looks thrilled doesn't she?

We had a little party last night complete with cake and presents!

We started this kitchen project months ago... 

 I knew I either wanted a $50,000 remodel or I wanted something a bit kitschy and unusual.  I immediately knew which remodel I'd actually be getting!

Whimsical and fun is more my style anyway...

We started with a kitchen that screams 1990

Oak cabinets, purple laminate counter tops (really, what WAS she thinking?) and no back splash!

A little bit of paint later we had

then this...

After that the Mister went to work on the counter tops

and then the back splash...

Closer...

So now we're just down to the grout, the edge for the counter tops (you know it's a good sign when you find corner and trim pieces with NO prices on them... I have a feeling the trim is going to be more than the entire project!), trim around the window and a new set of French doors...
New stainless appliances would be the cherry on top, but that won't happen this year.
I have this window in my kitchen that needs...something!

I'm going to do a re-do on this custom window piece that I got from a place I use to work.  The trim will have to come off...

We also are going to repaint the entire great room.  There isn't a break so I have to get 1 color for the whole room...  I am going to paint the end wall in the living room a different color, this is what I'm thinking:

The darker turquoise (dragonfly) is the cabinet color, the yellow is my front entry and the green is the color I'm thinking of for the great room, the lightest blue for the accent wall and that magenta?
The magenta is an accent color for the front entry... trust me!
Wheww, I guess we have more to do than I thought.  The mister just said yesterday once we get this all painted He'll re-tile the fireplace and then we'll get new carpet...
It's NEVER done, is it?
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Darling Daughter's bathroom has been undergoing a minor remodel for the last year.  Nothing too major, we painted, took out the pedestal sink and put in a vintage dresser and the bought a vessel sink 

and the faucet

BUT...the sink is still setting on the dresser and the faucet is under the dresser in the box... We want to put a granite top on the dresser.  The mister talked to a place last year, we decided we'd go with them but then just didn't get them out to measure and don't ya know... they went out of business!  Wheww, glad we didn't give them a deposit or anything!

the room was Barney purple before..

the room is still a bit blah, so i went to my fave "boutique" (Target) and picked this up for a mere $12.99!

boy, i really blew out the wall color, didn't I?

notice there are RHINESTONES on it!!

❤❤❤

she likes it!  I let her add the rhinestones.

it looks kind of small here, I think it's my wonky angle?

I like how it turned out... now if we can just get the sink situation fixed so darling can use HER bathroom and NOT mine!!

(don't you love how the paint color looks totally different in every picture... the middle one is the real color.  It's a Disney color from Home Depot- I think it's "thatta boy blue").

I really, really, REALLY want a new kitchen next... 

Ewww.... I do NOT like this kitchen!!  Are the white appliances GLOWING and the purple plastic counter tops?  ugh!  Hey, I've had worse in my life, don't get me wrong, but... I believe it can somehow be improved without spending the GIANT bucks!

  While we were at home depot this weekend, I saw these great bluish, turquoise cabinets and had a moment of inspiration!

Due to the fact some low-life parasite owes me $30,000 I will not be getting the kitchen of my dreams this year, but... I'm pretty sure I've convinced the Mister to help me paint the cabinets!  Or, it can be like the time he came home and the island was black!

(I've still got to distress the edges.)

or the time

he went on a hunting trip and came home to the bedroom having all the oak trim removed and the walls re-painted! (I did the painting, he put up the new trim- i'm not THAT handy!)

it was RED RED RED before this!

Of course I wanted to get painting THAT night (after we got home from Home Depot), but since the Mister is all organized and responsible he said "NO, it's 9 at night!  We're not starting till we can take all the doors off and paint outside".  Geesh, he can be a real spoil sport sometimes!

Ok, enough blabberings, I've got to get down to my treadmill - I'm walking EVERYday until my cruise at the end of April!!  As long as those crime shows are on, I don't mind... at least that's what I'm telling myself!  It's called: Positive self-talk! :)

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