Can you see what’s changed?
Because We Like The Blue House
This is a photo of some houses who had suffered some erosion damage from recent rains in Colorado Springs. But Dave and I like the blue part of the color scheme on the right-most house. I’m putting the picture here for a Pinterest pin. That is all. Move along, there’s nothing to see here….
DIY Kitchen Transformation: The New Floor Revealed
On Thursday and Friday, we had a contractor come in to sand and re-stain our hardwood floors. Jeff from “A Cut Above Hardwood Flooring” was recommended to us by our carpet cleaning guy.
This piece of floor is continuous from the front door to the kitchen, and to access the front door, garage, basement, and staircase, you will step on the hardwood. I’ll discuss how we dealt with that in a minute.
As mentioned before, there were some areas to the floor that had clearly suffered water damage, but had subsequently dried out. The wood was structurally sound, but the sealer and stain color were messed up. It was important to me that those areas get extra attention, and Jeff did that very well.
DIY Kitchen Transformation: Overwhelming Choices
As you can see, we have a *very* white kitchen now. I absolutely love my “new” cabinets, and am excited for the next stages of our project. Those stages aren’t DIY, though.
Next up will be the floor refinishing. I’ll make sure to post before and after pictures when that project is done this weekend. The floor is in desperate need of sanding and refinishing, so we will take advantage of that work to darken the color some. I hope it turns out as well as I’m envisioning.
DIY Kitchen Transformation: Painting the Chairs (and my 1000th post!)
Our renovation continues, with just some little things. Unfortunately, our hardwood floor refinish was bumped from tomorrow to the end of this week, but that’s okay. We have a flexible week and it’ll work out.
DIY Kitchen Transformation: A (Partial) Cabinet Reveal!
Today Dave put the doors back in their places in the kitchen, and also installed the new hardware. I am incredibly happy with how it turned out.
DIY Kitchen Transformation: Cabinet Hardware
Tonight we started putting the doors back up. I’m so incredibly happy with how much brighter our kitchen looks now!
We also added some hardware, which we picked up at Ikea. They complement our appliance doors. Hopefully they help keep dirty hands off the new white cabinetry.
The State of Things
I’ve purposefully been elusive about my employment status. Family and close friends know most of what I’m up to, but even they haven’t heard the latest. So here’s a summary.
DIY Kitchen Transformation: Painting the Rest of the Cabinets
This weekend we are painting the cabinets. This is a much larger undertaking than the island we did last month. Instead of just the four doors we had to disassemble for the island, today we took down 28 doors!
Taking down and preparing the doors took a couple hours alone because we had to be sure to catalog them properly. Let’s talk about how it was done.
Our Stock-Savvy Son
Last fall, Timmy’s gifted math class took part in a Colorado program called the “Stock Market Experience”. Many of states do this, and I remember a similar program while I was in high school, although I wasn’t part of it. Students are given a notional $100,000 bank account and are allowed to make investment choices in the stock market. At the end of the period, the winners are the teams/individuals who earn the most money.
Students in grades 3-12 can take part here in Colorado, and for the Fall semester Timmy’s team of four won for their grade level in the Pikes Peak Region, which is Colorado Springs and the surrounding areas. It’s one of 5 regions in the state: besides Pikes Peak, there’s Denver Metro, Northwest, Northeast, and South/Southwest. I don’t know the precise borders of these regions.