Seven Quick Takes: Our Home Remodel

It has been a LONG time since I have participated in Seven Quick Takes, but I thought it would be an easy way to give you all an update on our addition and kitchen remodel.

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That big black sheet of plastic that was blocking off the addition came down the other day so the tape and texture could be completed.  It is so exciting to see it all start coming together!

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Hubby and I need to have all the painting done by Monday.   We started yesterday and, with some help from my brother and sister-in-law (They picked up more paint, watched the kids, and even took the boys to Hockey!) and a super thoughtful care package from a friend (Which kept our children occupied the rest of the time!), we were able to paint all day long.

We were able to finish all the primer and the ceilings, and today we'll start working on the walls.

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Oooh!  I can't wait to see how the paint turns out.  I'm a little bit nervous and just praying that the colors I choose look okay. . .   (Yes, Cathy, I've had plenty of headaches and even a couple panic attacks from making all these decisions!)   We decided to keep things fairly simple and are sticking with two neutral colors for the walls .  The New Dining Room and Living Room will be Wilmington Tan (Thank you Aimee and Helen for the suggestion!) and our Entry/Old Living Room, Bathroom, Laundry Room and Kitchen will all be Philadelphia Cream with some more of the Wilmington Tan as an accent on the fireplace wall.

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We ordered all the flooring on Wednesday!  The Dining and Living Room will all have an Engineered Wood Flooring.  We decided on the 5" Hampton Hickory Plank made by Mannington in the color: English Leather.  We thought we would have it on Monday, but it's actually not going to arrive until the 25th.  Nevertheless, the addition should still be completed by the end of the month!

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We found a tile for the kitchen, entry, bathroom and laundry room, made by United Tile.  It's their Mediterranea Bellagio Tile in Gold.  It's SO much prettier in person than in the picture below.  We love that it looks like it has texture to it, but is actually smooth which should make cleaning a bit easier.    

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The sink and faucet need to be here next week so the Granite can be measured for installation, so I finally made a decision and ordered them this past week.   The sink is a little bit different (It has the low "Smart Divide" in the center which will make washing cookie sheets and filling pots a little easier.), but I think I am going to love it.  We ordered it in "Biscuit" which is slightly off white. 

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Picking light fixtures (or should I say agreeing on light fixtures!) has been so hard.   I finally found some earlier this week that I LOVE, but Hubby isn't so sure. (He did say that if I really would like them, that it would be fine!!)  I'd love to hear what you all think!

Two sconces for above the Fireplace:

Two pendants for above the Counter Bar:

 

This light would go above the Island in the Kitchen:

This one would be for above the Dining Room Table:

And these two sconces would be on a couple walls in the new Living Room:

We still need to choose coach lights for outside and a fixture for the bathroom... 

Okay . . . The baby just fell asleep for her morning nap, so it's time for me to get back to painting!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

P.S.  I know I owe many of you answers to emails and questions from comments.   I will try and answer some of them soon!

Seven Quick Takes: Last Sunday 12-28-2008

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Twinkle Toes learned how to bowl this past Sunday! She was so fun to watch.

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Bowling was fun, but I tell ya, Bowling Buddies on Facebook is so much easier! Even my kids beat my score the first game... I did better the second time, but boy was I sore for a few days!

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After bowling we headed "over the river and through the woods" to celebrate Christmas once again with my family. Mom baked a ham and we exchanged gifts.

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My parents gave me each of the children darling Gymboree sweaters. (You can't beat their awesome sale right now:$15 sweaters! The kids were given this, this, this, this, and this one.) Thank you Grandpa & Grandma!

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I love watching my daddy read to my kiddos.

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And watching him dance with Twinkle Toes is even sweeter.

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My brother David (pictured on the left) is awesome at The Settlers of Catan. We've played it with him twice (so far) and he won both games!! Argh!! I am not at all competitive! ;)


Thanks Jen for making it easy to share our day with "Seven Quick Takes"! Be sure to head over to her blog to see others!