Sunday, August 12, 2012

Lego Review with a Twist

What do you do when you are bored on a Sunday afternoon if you're Luke? You ask your Dad to film you reviewing a made-up Lego set in a fake British accent. This was all his idea. He wants to film Lego reviews all the time, but added the British accent as a twist this time. These are all characters that he made up. I love his imagination.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Finished Kitchen

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The kitchen is finished! Hooray! It was rough being out of our routine for about three weeks. But we survived and are so happy with how it looks. I LOVE having a sink that is not abnormally shallow! It is so awesome. I despised our old sink. We may paint or restain our kitchen table at some point but we are going to enjoy being project-free for a little while.  I am clearly not a home photographer because a lot of the colors are a little off but it’s the best I can do. The floors look much more red in the photos than they are in real life. Here’s what we did:

  • Replaced tile in entry and kitchen with Mannington Adura Luxe Vinyl Planks
  • Replaced carpet in office and dining room with the Mannington Adura
  • Put in granite countertops (Giallo Ornamental) and extended the raised bar to make it more useable
  • Replaced backsplash with white subway tile
  • Had cabinets painted white (Sherwin Williams Alabaster)
  • Replaced fluorescent light box in kitchen with 5 recessed can lights

Here are pictures from the MLS listing. We painted over that hideous red as soon as we closed on the house. I knew I couldn’t live with that, even for a short time.

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We lived with it like this for a little over a year while we figured out what we wanted to do.

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And this is what it looks like today! I love it!

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I love my new sink!