Other Decisions

Thought I would share our other tough decisions:

Sink - Kohler Deerfield smart-divide white

Faucet - Moen Aberdeen - Chrome

Pulls - Restoration Hardware Bistro - Chrome

Island Lighting - Pottery Barn Rustic Glass Pendant

Counter Tops - Granite India Black Pearl - Honed (similar to the picture)

I will post installed pictures as we do them. Right now everything is riding on the counter top install scheduled for the 29th of Dec.

Kitchen Cabinets

The kitchen cabinets arrived. They are Thomasville, Cottage Door Style with a Pearl glaze.

Floor Install

After letting it acclimate for 5 days, I laid down 15# felt paper, rented a floor stapler, made sure the first row was square and went to town. My forearm was really sore after laying 700+ sq. ft. of floor.

We choose a Mahogany stain from Sherwin Williams then put on 2 thick coats of Bona Industrial strength oil-based poly - Satin finish. Look even Kristin wanted in on the stain and poly fumes.

Hardwood Floor

I thought it would be cool to find a local resource for our wood floor. We wanted something rustic, wide planked, hardwood - that was affordable. I found Great Lakes Lumber Company up in Isanti, MN. We choose a rustic (with knots) Black Ash, 5" planks, unfinished, finish sanded with a micro bevel edge. Jason delivered it to us came as 10" sticks. Ready to install.

Wall Color

The hardest part of this project has been picking a paint color. After looking at pictures, arguing, looking at the

6 different sample colors in 5 different areas of the room at 4 different times of the day, we narrowed it to 3. We finally choose Valspar Moonstone Shadow in Flat. Perfect!

Patio Door Install

Go the patio door installed. Hired help for this one because there was not door there before. Lets in a ton of light now

A Helping Hand

My buddy from the old hood and college CSS partner, DJ Mesenhowski stopped over to help pull out the tile in the entryway.

The Garage

A picture of my beloved 3 car garage. Half the reason I wanted this house.

Wide Open Spaces

Been busy with work and family time, but managed to get a couple big things done:

1. All the walls are down, except those last 2 posts that used to be the closet.
2. My buddy Pete brought his trailer over and we trimmed the trees and hacked down 2 Crabapple trees in the back yard. Now we have a great football field for Jack.
3. Kristin and her mom painted the closets white, one of those things you will never do if you put your clothes in first.
4. Replaced a slider window with a new Anderson double casement. It needed to be moved up so the countertop can go under it.

Hoping to order cabinets this week and move in in 2 weeks, we will see?

Ahead of myself again.

Forgot to post pictures of the house before it met my 50# sledge.

Release the Furry!

Have been hard at work with the demo of some interior walls and the kitchen.

Bought a new house

Hello to all,

We closed on our new house on Swan Drive on Friday Oct 2, 2009.

Here is a little background on our "investment".

It was built in 1971 and lived in by the same couple all 38 years, and was never updated in those 38 years. It is a Spanish style, which we hope to change, single level Ranch. 2000 finished square feet, 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, 1 fireplace, 3 car garage on about .4 acres.

It is our 15-year project, we are hoping to make it ours with a laundry list of projects. I will try to update this blog with what are are doing to the house and interesting things we come across during the process.

Let the fun begin!