Downstairs Bedroom

I have been trying to figure out what color to pain the bedroom downstairs. It is the only bedroom with wood floors, and the only one on the lower level. Here are a couple of paint colors I wanted to paint it. Which one should I choose? Both pictures have the same six colors, just on different sides of the room.

Kida, likes my Mom's chair that she gave us. :)

Happy Holidays

Hello, I know I haven't posted in a while. I guess there hasn't been anything exciting going. The wood floors are at a stand still until we get the kitchen all done. We are staying in Colorado for the Christmas holiday. Our first Christmas in a new house. :) We have a tree decorated and Christmas decorations were thankfully sent from my Dad and Peggy to make our house look a little more festive.

This is our fireplace all decorated.

These two pictures are our windows in the same room. I hung Christmas ornaments from the window on long ribbon. It looks cuter in person, than this picture.

Our water heater decided to die right after Thanksgiving. So we got to buy a new one. Yay! Brennan installed it himself. Now we have a safe new one.

Here is the picture of the mess of draining it out in the laundry room. The orange water is what comes out of the water heater at the very end of the tank. Its a bunch of sediment that has settled in there from pipes and water. Yuck.

Here is our new, nice water heater. Yay!

Us in front of our Christmas Tree.

Happy Holidays.

The Cabinets Look Sooooo Pretty

One side of the wall of base and upper cabinets are in, thanks to Brennan's hard work. They look great! I can't wait for the counter top to go in. I took two different photos of the cabinets. The photo below is with the flash on.

The photo below is with the flash off. For some reason neither pictures look like what I am looking at when I am in the kitchen. You will just have to see it in person. :)

I'm thinking of having everyone pay a toll to stay at our updated home. :) Either something from Trader Joe's or In-N-Out cheeseburger, french fries, and vanilla purse. Just stick it in your carry-on bag. :)

Here is what the lazy susan looks like inside. I'm glad we were able to utilize the space in that corner.

Just another view.

Don't forget about a burger for Keeeeeeeds! She likes her new home. She even made a friend next door. :)

Base Cabinets

Brennan has started putting in the base cabinets in our kitchen. We have also ordered our kitchen sink. Yay.

My First Thanksgiving Turkey

I cooked my first Thanksgiving Turkey. I turned out really yummy and I got to save a lot of the turkey in the freezer. It took longer than expected but it was still yummy. I got the recipe from the Home and Garden magazine. It called for unfiltered apple juice, half of an apple, sage, rosemary and onion.

Brennan's Bloody Mary got in the picture. :)

Almost finished

The hardwood floor in the Living Room and Kitchen are almost finished. James has to buff the floor one more time and add some for Polyurethane finish. It won't look as glossy as it does now. He said the more glossy the floor is, the more you can see scratches. Like from little doggie paws. :)

I love the floor it looks sooooooo great! James did a great job and his was fast too. Here are some more pictures just after the polyurethane went on.

I really like the floor with our cabinets and wall color. :)

Here is a really up close picture of the floor. It has so much character. 

Hardwood Floors

Our neighbor James, started finishing our wood floors. He has his own hardwood floor company called Appearance Hardwood.

He brought a couple of guys to help him out. First he sanded the floor and had another guy fill in the big gaps with wood filler. Then they sanded the floor again and put a buffer on the floor and it fills in all the little tiny gaps.

The floor looked good even after it was only sanded once. I am so excited.

They then buffed the floor and made everything very smooth.