Inspiration

antique accents

One of my biggest passions is antique hunting and restoring.
Here are just a couple of sweet finds...



Towards the end of summer I found some pretty sweet hooks...



However, for the most part their covered by my Grandfather's old hats..




One of the biggest finds was this sweet old work bench.
Perfect for a kitchen island.


My Grandfather's old deck of Italian cards. The very same deck he taught me with when I was little.

Kitchen

While we don't exactly have the kitchen 100% done, I think it's about time we post some before and afters. It's been the biggest change in the house seeing as we moved the kitchen into a different room. Where there was once a third bedroom now stands our lovely kitchen.



It was really difficult to get an actual photo of the original kitchen. It was so small you could pretty much extend your arms and touch each end of the kitchen.






This was the third bedroom that was right beside the kitchen.


Here I am standing in the kitchen looking into the third bedroom...


and from the third bedroom looking into the kitchen..


Wall dividing the bedroom and kitchen removed.


Here I'm standing in the hallway (we also removed) leading into the kitchen.


I can't seem to find the photos of the day we cut a hole in house removing this door and window.






The Garden doors we replaced the old door and window with.




Copper hood Taylor made from scratch.




Many days in the shop working on the kitchen...


My pops helping out..



The backslash still needs to go up along with the glass on the upper cabinets, crown molding and baseboards.

busy busy summer

Hello there lovely new bed frame!
This was ever so generously donated to us by our rad plumber. Thanks Spence!

After looking through hundreds, and I mean HUNDREDS of fabrics, this is the one I'm partial to. There are definitely others, but this one would work best to upholster my antique chair. However for $49 a yard, my fabric searching continues for something more affordable.

The kitchen is really coming along and we're so close to the finish line. I cannot wait to show you the before and afters. For now here's a sneak peek...

...yes that is a copper hood (Which Taylor MADE HIMSELF!)

We do apologize for the lack of posts. The kitchen is on it's way!

Basement Stairs

BEFORE

This is right beside the stove.

MIDWAY




Taylor and Kirk put support beams up.



AFTER


Not 100% done, but you get the idea.

Front Foyer

BEFORE




Unfortunately we don't have any good before shots. Originally the front foyer was really tight and divided by a wall.

AFTER

Spare Room

BEFORE

MIDWAY




Got rid of useless hallway...











AFTER