Mo' House Mo' Problems

Sorry for the hiatus!  There’s been some major work done recently but I’m too lazy I haven’t had time to update.  Here’s a look at the kitchen progress: BEFORE     DURING                

Seriously, what is this? There’s a tree in our backyard bearing this fruit/nut/mutant.  The first person who can tell us what it is will receive a prize (made from this delicacy).

As you’ve seen we gutted the kitchen. It was incredibly liberating getting rid of all the old crap but a lot of time was spent agonizing over the new layout, type of cabinets, color, appliances, the list goes on!

We’ve been finding fruit trees all over the yard which has been a pleasant surprise.

There will be lots of posts about paint.  In my hair. On my arms. In my shoes. On the back of my pants when I got a little too close.  Clearly I’m not a professional.  But luckily practice makes perfect and we have plenty of walls and ceilings that need multiple coats! We started in Read More

While the plywood patchwork looks lovely in the kitchen/dining area, we decided to cover it up to protects it’s magnificence.   We decided to put down an engineered wood to compliment Enrique’s masterpieces in the other rooms.

More Lights! Before:   While it really suits the room in it’s current state.  It was just too classy for us and time for a change.  There’s also a lovely light coming down the wall between the windows which had to go.

and other forms of electricity.  Kerem and his pops have been hard at work re-wiring all the electrical in the bathroom and kitchen.  Here’s a reminder of what the bathroom looked like to begin with. Also, that window does not open and there is no ceiling fan.  Let’s just hope these guys used scented candles Read More

Picking up where we left off….. Here’s a reminder of what the floors looked like before:   Meet Enrique.  He came, he saw, he conquered.

After ripping out the kitchen pops headed home and Hita left to hang out with some friends in the city. So I had the place to myself. I decided to attack the floor in the hallway. As much as I love the 50′s red faux-marble, it had to go. I suspected that there was some Read More