About a week and a half ago Steve and I finally found some time to get the back splash tiled (Steve let me set most of the tile), our kitchen is more or less finally done except for some touch up painting and trim work. We are really happy with the way it has turned out. I really enjoy doing projects like this.
We have had a wonderful summer this year. Here are a few photos. Being with cousins, Riverton 4th of July carnival, family camping over July 24th, Steve's birthday, Aby's birthday, Lainey's birthday, going camping at Great Basin National Forest and touring Lemans Caves. We love being with family and I'm sure I missed something but this will have to do.
The counter tops are now finished, it was a messy job and Steve did most of the work, what a man!!! Steve took Friday off so that we could get it finished. I did take some turns to give him a break but my arms and back are not as strong as his.
After we finished doing the wet polish Friday we did an acid wash, the color I chose is called Walnut, it's a dark brown with a little color variation.
Saturday I put three coats of sealer on it and we put the faucet on the sink, hooray!!! We love the way it turned out, but this is a thing you only try once.
Friday night Steve and I stayed up late and got the rest of our concrete counter tops poured, I won't have a kitchen sink now for 2 weeks while the concrete cures. After that we will start with polishing stage, followed by acid washing and sealing. Then on Saturday Steve took down the over the range microwave along with the surrounding cabinets and starting installing the new range hood and we brought in the new range (double ovens, hooray)! Now if I could just get the painting done.
Well as you can see I put these pictures in backwards. The pantry is done, we've demoed the old tile and replaced it with one that I really like much better. We then re-arranged the cabinets and made an island. I've taken all the doors and drawer fronts off the cabinets and am getting ready to paint them and tonight we poured the concrete countertop for the island. I LOVE DIY!!!
We took the girls to Hogle Zoo last week. They love seeing all of the animals, although sometimes I wonder who is more wild, the animals at the zoo, or our three girls!
Here are some pictures of the start of our kitchen remodel. As you can see we have taken out the corner pantry (which I hated) and we have moved the wall between the kitchen and the living room making the kitchen bigger and the living room will be more of a small sitting room (the clean room in the house when someone comes over that you aren't expecting). I'll post more pictures as we go along.
I just got back from visiting Jane and her family last week. I went out to help her while Tom was gone to a conference. We had a great time, while I was there we celebrated Reili's birthday. I made her a watch (which Aby requested I do to match hers), you can see her showing it in one of the pictures. Jane sure has her hands full with this new baby and keeping track of everything else. Elizabeth is a beautiful baby and I loved being there and just holding her so that Jane could get other things done. I still don't think she got everything done that she wanted, but I hope I was able to help a little.
We took Kathy and the kids ice skating after we returned from California. Samatha, Joseph, Aby, Olivia and Lainey. And you can see Kathy trying to keep up with Sarah.
Sleeping Beauty's castle
