Back on track...

    After a brief hiatus due to our inability to mooch off of our neighbors wireless internet, we decided to bite the bullet and purchase internet of our own. Surprisingly, AT&T is remarkably easy to set up, I was able to do it all on my own..before Justin even got home from work! (He's going to be stoked!)

    Anyway, we are back. We do not have any cute pictures of new born babies for you to "ooh and awe" over, but we have to inform you that we have had a birth of our own...a birth of a KITCHEN! :)

   After all, I did create this blog to document the journey of remodeling a house, however I lost my focus a long time ago. But today, I will regain it. After months and months of remodeling the living room, two bathrooms, three bedrooms, several closets, and (the most work of all) a kitchen, we are finished. Finished to the extent that all of the crown molding is up, baseboards are nailed, puttied, and painted and the carport flooring is now a solid gray color instead of the various chipping red, green, and blue paint spots.

   We do need to make one more visit to move a few things out and clean up. Do you know how exciting this is? This started back when Justin was single. However, when I met him he had only completely finished the first bathroom. Now, 2 years later we have tackled the rest of the jobs I listed earlier together...We've had a lot of time invested in this baby...and it is finished! *Sigh of relief*

Today, I will focus on the kitchen!

   I am saddened by the fact that we do not have pictures of how awesomely awful the house looked before the remodel, but I do have a few that give hints. If you look closely to the picture above you will notice a "vintage" feel. 

            1. The green and white plastic marble countertop bar.

            2. The green stained trim around the window.

            3. The gloomy fake walnut cabinets.

Things you can't see from the picture:

           1. The hideous shade of yellow paint that adorned the walls before we painted it blue.

           2. The green and yellow speckled linoleum.

           3. The colony created by moths in the space between the ceiling and the cabinets that prevented any bread, flour, cereal, cayenne pepper to be stored anywhere but the fridge.

          

       4. The picture above shows the previous draw and shelf liner. I've never been a fan of floral patterns anyway, and this yellow and orange pattern is not about to change that.

   One of my favorite features is the random width White Oak flooring Justin made! 

  To modernize the kitchen, we painted the cabinets white, replaced the countertops,

 made new cabinet doors,

and added a light above the newly installed (white) sink!

      After the remodeling is all said and done, I can say I have learned a valuable lesson. I can trust Justin's judgement with decorating and remodeling ideas. I will admit, throughout the journey I would say something like, "are you sure?" or "that won't look good!" But, he was always right! :)

     At this point we are getting a little sentimental and are not really sure what we are going to end up doing with the house. We've had some great times and have poured a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into it our first few months of marriage. Finishing everything up in the Fall has been wonderful. The last few times we visited we have been able to see the leaves change and do Fall-ish things! We've really enjoyed Clayton..and the view from our front porch!

      Next time we go to the house I'll take more pictures to share of the living room and bathrooms! To take a trip around memory lane check out our living room remodel!  :)