Friday, June 24, 2011

how do you like me now...

ta-dah!!







Soooooo
much more room now!!
{it only took half of a bedroom to get it!}

We had so much space in fact, 
that we used kitchen cabinets for the vanity.
{really just adds depth!}
And the lady at Home Depot said we couldn't do two sinks!!
ha!!
We showed you woman!
If only we finished sooner and could find that lady...
she clearly didn't know the super powers 
of husband!!


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

remember when...

the bathroom was this small?
{and gross!}




Pretty irresistible huh?!
That shiny brass,
those tiles {again with the countertop?!?},
oh and that black mold hiding behind the window trim!!

There was barely enough room to turn around in there,
let alone enough to be the only bathroom on the first floor.
So....we had to make room.
Which meant taking out a bedroom.
{which was ok because they were so tiny anyways we needed to make a normal sized bedroom!}

Stay tuned!

Monday, June 20, 2011

score...

we went "antiquing" this weekend...
so much fun!!
We picked up a few scores for the new house...
why is that always the way?! 
All the good stuff finds you when you don't need it,
but if we waited until we were in the new house 
{don't have to move more stuff that way}
we wouldn't be able to find the things we wanted...

Anyways,
look at this beauty!!
It's an old time oil can.
We found her at the antique mall, just waiting for us.

It makes me itch to find more vintage beauties for our collection!
And for someone to give them a home in a wonderful display...
{pssst...husband...that's you!!}

Sunday, June 19, 2011

we've been busy...

packing!!! 
Yep, we're getting ready to leave 419!
And we would like to introduce you to our next adventure:
everyone, this is 87
87, this is everyone!

So excited!!
We can't stop thinking of new ideas and possibilities...

There's less than a month to go, and lots to do!!
It's been a challenge packing with this one around!
I have a feeling he'll be handy with the unpacking though -
he likes to take everything out of the boxes!
Well...back to it!
See you soon!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

how do you like me now...

new kitchen!!
{new view towards dining room}

{close up of new breakfast bar}

{new view from hallway into kitchen}

{new view towards back door/stairs}

{husband's idea to frame some Ikea fabric - genius!!}

{new view towards hallway}

Ahhh, that's better!
There's so much more light and space in this kitchen now
{plus more storage which is always helpful!!}.

It is an Ikea kitchen, so it didn't come without it's headaches!
We ordered the cabinets right when we moved in,
which probably shouldn't be done until you're at least ready to install...
but it was a good thing we did 
 because they discontinued the cabinets by the time we were ready, 
so at least we got the ones we wanted!
 However, the bad thing is....
you have the cabinets sitting in boxes for months in the garage,
and one day when you decide to move them inside, you realize -
no Ikea, you did not deliver my order!!!
So months later we have to go back and deal with the wonderful hassle that is Ikea.

We also needed to change a size of one upper cabinet, 
which is heartbreaking when the doors no longer exist...
thankfully, we needed a smaller sized door, so we {husband}
cut the bigger one we had to fit.

In the end, it all worked out and that's all that matters!
We are now Ikea kitchen masters!! 
{or so we think, until the next one throws us new surprises!}

Monday, June 6, 2011

remember when...

419 had this kitchen?!
{view towards dining room}

{view from hallway into kitchen}

{view towards backdoor/stairs to downstairs}

{view from dining room into kitchen}

{view towards hallway}

Yeah....I don't like to think of that either!!
This one was gross, and bad...
and gross.

Tiled counter tops = creepy! 
Can you really clean the past owners out of those grout lines?!
I think not!!

The layout was clearly bad, bad, bad!
The paint colours had to go,
the lino had to go,
the cupboards had to go,
the appliances had to go,
some of the walls needed to go...

all to make 419 beautiful again!