Beadboard and Kitchen

1. During this month of January we have three sets of visitors coming from California. So we tried to make the house as representable as possible. Brennan put up beadboard in the Family Room to cover the lower wall that was not very pretty. We still have to paint and finish the beadboard. But it looks so much better.

Here are some more pictures of the "almost" finished kitchen with the countertops and sink.

It looks so nice and clean. :)

Kitchen

The last cabinet has gone in, and the countertop is in. I finally have a kitchen! I know its been a while. But the holidays were nice and relaxing. 

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. :)