More work, more work and more work. I do not know if the end is in sight. Work keeps moving at a slow pace, but I guess that I am just anxious for the kitchen to be done. The plumbing is done and we now have plenty of water pressure and heat. The water heater was replaced as long as the plumbers were down there working.

We found some of the old floor when we tore the old floor up. It looks likes a rock pattern with a green stripe and a black border. We are excited because we are going to do a border around the cabinets also. So the look and feel of the floor is going to be a period look. How cool is that!

In the pictures, look at the workmanship on the floor layout, each color and pattern is a separate piece. The rock is one tile the green stripe is a separate piece and the black is another. I can only imagine the time and energy involved in putting that floor down.

shawna's newest quilt

This is a quilt that I made for my best friend Peggy’s birthday. Halloween is her favorite holiday, so I wanted to make her something with a witchy theme, despite her birthday being in March. The central fabric is from Alexander Henry and is called “Unhappy Hour”. It features Halloween creatures miserably mingling at a bar filled with beakers and bats. The cathedral window pattern helped to give the impression of ‘peeking in’ at the characters. The backing and binding is in a batik print with spider webs printed on it.

New kitchen floor plans

These are pictures of the floor plan and of the 3d rendering.

Demolition time

Well…after one week it looks like everything is going well. Ok, let me back up, after we found out that the wall that we wanted to move could not be moved because it runs the entire length of the house, and the place that we wanted to put the oven had a chimney in the way and could not be moved. Other than THAT, everything is going well. The tear out is 90% finished and we are just waiting on the cabinet maker to get a new floor plan done. The plumber is coming in on the 10^th along with the furnace people to do some work; so that a new pantry can be added. We also had to fix the drop ceiling that was added years ago because it was starting to sag. All in all, I think that it is coming along very well. I am most pleased. Here are some pictures of the kitchen in shambles and one picture of Les tearing out some cabinets. Enjoy

Here is a picture of the cool old linoleum that was under the floor.

Start of the New Kitchen

Well the big day has finally arrived; tomorrow will mark the start of the renovation project of our new kitchen. If I say that I am not a little nervous, I’d be lying. I have posted some pictures of the old kitchen so that you can see the before and after transformation. I am also going to post updates of the progress so that everyone can get the “I was there” feeling. Feel free to post comments; I know that Shawna and I would love to here from you.

I think that I have everything in my head ready to go. It has been three years in the making and I think that I have all the details worked out. The only one that I am not sure of is the shape of the exterior walls. The house had a fire around 1912. A lot of the floor boards in the basement and the rafters in the attic are very chard. I am hoping that the walls were replaced. (Cross your fingers) Enjoy the pictures and the project. Talk to you when we get farther down the road.