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Makes My Monday: Paint!

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Nancy

Cheryl over at Twinfatuation is awfully busy hosting all these great things…

I leave Mike alone for a week, and what happens?? I get the following rooms painted:

Hallway

After

I don’t really go around taking pictures of my hallway, so no before picture. Mike did both the up- and down-stairs hallways!

Back Entry way

After

Same as above…no real picture from before. (And I just couldn’t wait for Mike to take the tape off … so please excuse the blue lines LOL!)

Bathroom

After

The only before pictures I have of the bathroom are focused on the tub…not the walls, so no before picture here either.

Dining Room

Before

Not a great before picture…but it gives you a little bit of an idea.

After

Living Room

Before

Again, not a great before picture…but you get the idea.

After

So…paint and a very hard-working husband make my Monday. (I can’t believe how much he got done in a WEEK!!)

Filed under: house, Mike, MMM | Tagged: bathroom, dining room, entry way, hallway, home improvement, living room, paint, renovations | 7 Comments »

Cabinets

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Nancy

Step 4 in our kitchen renovations! (Step 1 was new curtains. Step 2 was painting. Step 3 was staining the window.)

We had our cabinets refaced this week!!! We also have a gorgeous counter top and custom cabinets around the fridge and the stove now.

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After

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There are still some things to do (little things like touch-ups here and there, big things like painting the wall between the counter and the cabinets and putting tile up). The faucet is being installed as I type.

Filed under: house | Tagged: cabinets, counter top, kitchen, kitchen makeover, renovations | 12 Comments »

Stain

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Nancy

Step 3 in our kitchen renovations! (Step 1 was new curtains. Step 2 was painting.) Step 4 – the biggie – is supposed to be happening next week. I’m.so.freakin.excited!!!!!

I’m going to use the “After” picture from the new curtain post as the “Before” one here.

Before

After

Mike worked SO hard on this. (I helped a little bit, but he really did the lion’s share.) We used a product called Stripeeze to get all the white paint off…which really worked well – except in all the nooks and crannies of the window sill itself. That took a lot of elbow grease in addition to the Stripeeze.

Filed under: house | Tagged: kitchen, kitchen makeover, renovations, stain, Stripeeze | 2 Comments »

Friday’s Foto Finish Fiesta

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Nancy

Candid Carrie sponsors this one – head over to her blog and find LOTS of links for bloggers who’ve joined in! (You can join in too!)

It’s amazing what a new set of curtains can do for a room.

I forgot to take a “before” picture before putting the new ones up, so I found this photo from a previous post…not a great one, but you get the idea.

Before

These are the new curtains…a first step in our kitchen makeover – stay tuned for more!

After

And YES. The chickens will be leaving us when the renovations are complete 😉

Filed under: FFFF, house | Tagged: kitchen makeover, new curtains, renovations | 3 Comments »

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