Kitchen/Bath renovation update

Got home last night and my disposal is working, the dishwasher is working, the ice maker is working, the undercounter lights were up!  My pendant light still needs to go up.  One light switch needs to be connect for my outside back yard light.  The hardware on my cabinets still need to go on...so pictures soon!

Oh and my door is up on the bathroom, painting should be starting today.  1 row of tile around the top of the shower stall.  Light still needs to be put up over vanity, flooring needs to go down and my stackable washer/dryer will be delivered next Tues.

Yep, Yep, Yep the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter!!!!

Kitchen Renovation Tease

Well I got home last night after work and my tile backsplash was up and will be grouted on Thursday.  I am not posting pictures until after that of the new look...I am teasing you just a little with this information.

It looks soooooo nice and the glass tile between the stove and hood looks so pretty!  My renovations are getting closer to ending - Praise the Lord.

I bought a new stackable washer and dryer last Saturday.  They are Crosley, which are made by Frigedair.  I bought them from a local Mom & Pop store that has been in business for 85 years.  So much nicer experience than going to one of the mega stores.  Free delivery and take away of my old washer/dryer AND much better prices.

Catch you later with more pictures!

Bathroom Renovation

Now onto the bathroom which has been reconfigured and gave up a closet from the bedroom next door for the laundry area to be moved from my basement up to the main floor...but let us look back at what I had.

Okay this is from the doorway, the vanity has been removed and ah yes the 1955 Avocado green toilet and tub with shower.  The shower surround off the walls and in the bathtub.

Medicine cabinet above the vanity is out of here!

Toilet, tub, tile and flooring outa here too.  The wall has been removed between the bathroom and the bedroom closet (see the hole on the left?).

okay, bathroom walls gutted and a new half wall put up for the 48" shower stall to be installed on this end of the bathroom.

My new shower stall - it is big and so shiny and nice, can't wait to be able to use it.  Still has a piece of cardboard protecting the floor while some mudding is going on.

corner opposite of the toilet where the tub used to be and where my new vanity will be going...

Wainscotting also going in the bathroom but at 50" high, see my new WHITE toilet?  It is supposed to be able to flush a bucket of golf balls - hope to never have to try it out.  It is the 17" seat height.

Here is my new bathroom vanity, the wainscotting still needs to be primed and painted white.  I forgot to tell you that the upper walls will be painted Danner Tan and I will be putting the same flooring in the bathroom as was put in the kitchen.

Here is where my stackable washer/dryer will be living and this is before and to the left of where the toilet is.

Here is the space above my shower stall that the 6" being cut off of the tile in the kitchen will be going, at least 1 row and I am praying 2 rows.  There will still be wall above to paint the Danner Tan.

I will update as the walls get painted and laundry get put in...I still cannot believe this is the same bathroom.  Oh, and the vanity basin is the same as my countertops in the kitchen and it looks wonderful!!!!!

Eating Area Renovation

Okay, now here we go with the other end of my kitchen which is my eating area...Remember there used to be knotty pine tongue and groove painted glossy black under fake paneling chair rail.

Drywall going up and preparing the walls...This doorway goes to my living room...

this is the other side of the room, my sliding glass door to my porch at the back of my house....

The wainscotting going up...before being painted....

okay this is with the base boards and chair rail on top, again before being painted....

okay with primer on and the start of the accent color: Cocktail Dress Red - Ohhh I like it!

and here it is, the wall above is a soft gray...it looks so nice...

And the new trim around the sliding glass door, but you can also see the gray...I will have more pictures as the room comes together with curtain and everything else done.

I hope you like this little view of what my kitchen and eating area looked like and what it has been transformed to. 

Kitchen Renovation Part 2

Okay, now I have countertops!!!!  and they are beautiful!!!!  I cried when I saw them last night after work.

closer look and then...

Here is my backsplash tiles - the small ones are going between the stove and the hood, the bigger one is going around the perimeter.  There will be about 6" cut off of the bigger tile and that is going up above my shower stall...at least 1 row, I am hoping for 2 rows.  We will see...

as you can see here is my sink, the side with blue tape has the disposal and that is not hooked up yet, until my dishwasher can be hooked up and that will happen after all the tile backsplash is up...I am soooooo impatient - but it is done in steps and there is a process. 

Renovation of Kitchen

Okay, went in for 2nd knee replacement and the kitchen renovation started...Here is what my kitchen looked like - 1955 ranch, eating area (no formal dining room) - just one long room.  This is the end where the kitchen is/was.

All of my appliances were given to the church for their rummage sale to help make money for the youth missions trip to Belgium.

This is the eating area, where there used to be tounge and groove knotty pine that had at one time been painted glossy black that was hidden behind a fake paneling chair rail.

Demolition begins...

And continues...

And continues with taking down the soffit, because my new cabinets are 42" tall and going to the ceilings.  I do not want any dust catchers or have to put something up on top to decorate - another thing to clean.

First cabinet goes in - excitement is building...

More upper cabinets...

Base cabinets - oh, by the way did I mention there is going to be 20 cabinets, including a PANTRY!

Sink base and I am also getting a built in dishwasher!

this is my pantry and where my refridgerator will be sitting...

Cabinet doors are on...

Doesn't this look like a dream?  I keep praising the Lord and thanking Him for this blessing!

Here the vinyl flooring I chose...to me it looks like sandstone pieces.

Here is with my new stove and range hood in - I love it!!!  Thank you Lord Jesus!!!!

and here is my new fridge and dishwasher.  Now I am waiting on the counter top to be made and installed.  Then the backsplash/tile can be put in, my pendant light over the sink, all the electrical outlets done and the under cabinet lighting - then WOW, my kitchen will be finished. 

I will blog in a couple of days about the eating area - you can see to the left of my pantry a little of the color showing for the wainscotting that is in the eating area...