The Story Of Us

What has been going on? We have been living in chaos. We are getting our kitchen remolded. While this was something we had wanted to do when we first saw the house it was something that we just weren't mentally ready for. We have redone practically every room in the house as you can see here  (the link is missing a couple of renovations so I should probably work on that) We have been in this house for over eight years now and have been talking about redoing the kitchen on and off for a couple of years. But it seemed too stressful an endeavor. Our house was built in the 1970 and this was the original kitchen and it was begging to be torn down. The dishwasher only washed sometimes. The stove only heated up in special sections. The floor was bubbling and I can go on. Work started towards the end of January and we are finally towards the tail end of it now. Finally.  M's office is currently our kitchen/office/mudroom/pantry. This is what is started out looking like.. now it is jus

We have been busy. We are doing some renovations. Say bye bye to this ugly brown powder room and I'm working on a not so little DIY as well.. so long ugly floor. My mom stopped by for a few days.. and we tried to make the most of it.. the kids cried when she left and they are currently sleeping in the guest room where she slept because they just miss her so much  :( ugh blurry pics. source and just another 45 something more days left for spring break.. wohoo!                           Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Bloglovin   

This post is a bit over due.. more like a year over due.. I kept putting it off because I never thought I had pictures good enough to do the space justice. But I think it's about time.. Well there is the before.. everything was over grown, the wood rotting, wobbly bricks.. it was a large space but just not very welcoming.  We went back and forth between building a deck or a patio and in the end decided to go with a patio. And so the work of ripping out the old and laying down a new one began.. and then comes the hard part of picking out the stone..  And then we were all done.. or so you'd think. We then began our search for patio furniture. We went with a brown rectangular wicker table and coral metal chairs for the pop of color. some comfy chairs   and once the nights got longer and cooler we moved the table and chairs to the shed and the fire pit came out                    E

Continuing with yet another post where I failed to do my duty as a blogger and totally forgot to take before pictures until it was almost too late. :( For those of you who haven't been following along on our renovation journey here's a look at what we've been up to lately inside our home H's room started out brown.. a milky coffee brown. The walls, the trim, the doors.. they were all painted the same color, the carpet a lighter variation of the same.. By the time I remembered that I forgot to take pictures the painters had already started spackling.  In the meantime the carpet was ripped out and the floors refinished. During the refinishing process we learnt a few things too.. beneath the carpet on the hardwood floor we discovered these stains Turns out the previous family's pet liked to use this room to relieve itself. :( Yup.. gross. We were told that sanding the floor should reduce the stain but they could not guarantee that it would go awa

We are nearing the end of our kitchen/family room renovations.. phew finally. And the place is really starting to come together wonderfully. You can see more before and after's here This weeks project was the fireplace, we had planned on white washing our red bricks to make the space brighter. I read about all the techniques and tried a few of them out before beginning. We diluted the paint using 50% white paint and 50% water. I started to apply the mixture with a paint brush while M wiped.. we decided that wasn't working.. we wanted the fireplace to be much whiter.. and the diluted paint was too watery. It was dripping everywhere and I had to go over the same place multiple times to get the brick to to look bright and white rather than murky and dirty. So I went with a dilution of 75% paint and 25% water. The we project also turned into an I project, where it was I painting and no wiping.. M considered the job not for him.. required to much patience and was too tedious for h

We are into day nine of our renovations.. we lost a few days due to the Thanksgiving Holidays... we hopefully have only a few days of work left though.. phew. Here's a look at what we started with and where we are now.. So, we started with this wall... the wall divided our kitchen and our family room. While both spaces are large I hated the idea of not being able to keep an eye on D.. and with another one on the way.. I think the open space would just make life easier.. and just think about how wonderful it would be to be able to entertain in an open floor plan. This is the view from our kitchen. Now looking at the same wall from the family room. To the right, the green room is what would be a formal living room. Notice the faux wood pillars along the wall, outdoor lantern lights hang off them.. the walls are a faux textured plaster like pattern.. now the interesting part.. the faux texture was not something that was painted on, instead they are plastic like panels nail