White subway tiles

It’s just a start to the finish line but the backsplash is getting started. We stuck with the white subway tile. Partly because I always loved it and also because it is inexpensive. At one point, I was opting for these glass colored subway tiles to reflect off the light and make the space feel larger. But… Dun dun dun. It was like $45 a square foot compared to $3.50. I don’t have money growing from my toes. We went with the white. And I love it!! So clean!

Below is a picture without the grout but with the honed granite! On another note, I’m starting to feel that my sink is doomed. First our sink came banged up to sh*^ and we had to order another. Now… Our white flange came as black. Well the packaging says it’s white. But it’s definitely black. And to add it in… I just noticed that both of the knobs for our faucet say hot!! What the F????

Both products were from Amazon because we are prime members. And Amazon is sending us a replacement flange, but what are the chances?? Now tomorrow I have to call Kingston Brass to figure out this knob thing.

Anyway. Just one more week. Hopefully! I think I gained 5 pounds this weekend eating takeout (we don’t have water in the kitchen until this flange thing is figures out plus other stuff.

So enjoy your home cooked meals tonight!!! I’m jealous.

Reno reality

The kitchen is almost finished and we are moving in this weekend! We’ve had a few setbacks… Our unbreakable cast iron sink arrived completely damaged. They say they are chip proof but I say otherwise. Okay, we’ll mostly chip proof unless you put a 200 pound “something” on top of it. And our granite still isn’t in and probably won’t get installed until our actual move in day. But otherwise it’s all going swimmingly!!!

Our recessed lighting in the living room is in and we now have light at night! It’s SO exciting! Our downstairs floors are being refinished as we speak and they are going to be amazing. New amazing. Ahhhhh….. It’s crazy how refinishing floors can completely change the look of a home!

Check it out. Below you’ll see that the steps have been redone but the downstairs floor isn’t. It’s a bit dirty so you can’t really tell but once they fill in the gaps it’s brand new baby!!

This was a quickie mobile post so sorry for the lack of captions.

Kitchen progress

Our kitchen is slowly coming together and it’s SO exciting!!!!! We are coming near the home stretch.

Our contractor has done such amazing work! You can see slightly in the before picture that the kitchen was originally more closed off. There were two ways to enter, through the dining room or hallway. It was way too tiny for me in its original condition and the cabinets were very original. This girl likes to cook!!

We originally were going to wait to update the kitchen and just move in, but that didn’t make any sense. We (mostly I) didn’t want to live in a reno for weeks. I’ve seen way to many hgtv show and it does not look pretty to do your dishes in the bathroom for 4 weeks. No sir!

So we bit the bullet and I couldn’t be happier. I’ve always wanted a crisp white kitchen. It may be a bit trendy right now but I don’t care. I think white is classic and if I ever get bored I can paint my cabinets!

Back to the kitchen rehab… We wanted to open up the space so we knocked down part of the wall between the kitchen and the dining room. We also blocked off the entry way from the hallway. We weren’t familiar with the traffic pattern yet and needed the extra wall space for the refrigerator. I won’t get my island but will get a peninsula/breakfast bar. I’m cool with that!

So here she is in her pubescent stage:

Before:

Gutted:

Current: