So the story goes as follows:
End of March-Beginning of April time frame.
In-laws are in town for a visit.
Father-in-Law (FIL) is an electrician who always does small projects for me when he is visiting.
FIL: So what kind of projects are you working on
ME: We are kicking around the idea of making a breakfast bar between the kitchen and living room. Darren (Hubby) says that it is not a load bearing wall so we should be fine to make a breakfast bar here. But I kinda wonder what it would be like to take the entire wall out.
FIL: Let's find out!
TWO HOURS LATER THE ENTIRE WALL BETWEEN MY KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM WAS GONE!
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| Hubby doing some measuring on the living room side |
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| Hubby Directing son |
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| FIL on the kitchen side |
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| Two hours and a lot of dust later! No wall!!! |
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| Just a big open space...So now what do I do with this? You can see that I had previously painted my cabinets white and green. |
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| I decided I wanted to do decorative bead board as a backing to the cabinets...still green... |
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| Then I painted all the cabinets a beautiful steel grey (Valspar Steel City to be exact) and I used Valspar Pearl Ash on the inside. |
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| I decided to use the bead board on the lower cabinet doors too! |
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| I went bold with Valspar Apple a Day |
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| Still finding a home for everything but decorating coming along beautifully! |
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| This is pretty much where we are at right now. The exception is that we have a portable island that we have had for many years lined up with the dishwasher lengthwise in the kitchen. The cabinets to the right will be going into the pantry and I will be adding a small retro kitchen table on that wall. I also still have a ton of painting to do as well as new flooring to install and a couple more can lights to bring balance to the room. Part two of our kitchen/living room reno will be starting soon! |
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And I loved the red so much I decided to paint my entry door with it!
My sweet little grandson Liam! |
My house has been in a cloud of dust for what feels like months now! Oh wait, it has been months! You know, once one project starts, another is bound to be close behind!
