Well what a productive 2 weeks! Other than Kendall celebrating a milestone birthday...(yeah 30!!) we got a lot done, and the first floor kitchen is damn near done! The counter tops went in, and everything looks great. Just a few finishing touches and it will be all done. Which means, demo started today on the 2nd floor bathroom :-) Talk a look at the last 2 weeks progress:
The concrete counter tops: Thousands of dollars less than granite, and way more fun to make (just ask bri and dimitri, haha) Here are the finishing touches...
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| Dimitri- polishing the concrete |
Bri does a little sanding to the sink piece
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| Boys to the rescue! The daunting task of carrying the largest counter upstairs- 500 Lbs. |
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| Good job guys- almost there... |
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| Home stretch... |
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| And done! largest piece in place- wooo! |
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| Kitchen area, complete with counter top, sink, appliances and cabinets |
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| Fridge area, not quite done |
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| Complete sink area, look at those beautiful counters! |
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| Complete and functional- all in about 2 months |
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| Kitchen, doin it's job |
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| Sneaky Dimitri, doing some electrical |
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| And this is what happens when let Bri loose in your bathroom.. |
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| Getting right to work on this mess |
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| Yikes- this is what my bathroom currenly looks like, yup. |
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| Darius, finally lifts a paw to help! |
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| Frosting the sliding glass shower doors |
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| Bri is building all bathroom furniture- shelving unit and vanity...in our guest room |
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Bathroom + Kitchen = Bitchen. For the next few weeks, I can apply my makeup while washing my dishes. Hooray
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Kitchen #1 Before...
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Kitchen #1 After!
More to come in 2011- stay tuned!! |
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Piece of cake. Can't wait to do it all over again...
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you guys are going to live without a bathroom...you cant use mine. Bri really got busy on that bathroom..however we have learned knocking stuff down is quick putting it back up takes time. Hopefully you wont have to wait 2 months for a bathroom that works..you know a nice tub that drains and walls that the tiles don't fall off of every time you bathe.
ReplyDeleteUmmm excuse me...what about those 3 times I let you use my microwave?? I have 3 uses of the downstairs bathroom, I will use them wisely!
ReplyDeleteYou could put a good old fashion out house in the back. LOL All for 1 and 4 for all, you all did a bang up job on that kitchen. you should all be proud of yourselves! Great job! Can't wait to follow the bathroom reno! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteGreat progress...Now this is my first time commenting I got some catching up to do now that it seems safe to enter the blog zone. Although it seems like you " are testing missles here! Amazing transformation with the kitchen( all due to the help of some senior citizens). Now onto the bathroom and you girls play nice and share. I like the bathroom... early World War 2. Hey "if you don't mind I'd like to take that sink, it's a good quality item" Nice to see Melissa doing some manual labor. Target has designer coach tool belts on sale. Get one for Darius too.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up!
"Senior" Dad