Tonight's project

Weekend Projects..

Good ol' Saturday mornin' soap stone carving..

oh so pretty

Some more shots of my birthday gift..





All the old sewing needles and threads were still in the little drawer.






Miss nosy

Happy Birthday to me!

Although he knew it was what i wanted, i was still ever surprised and pleased to find this when I walked in from work this evening...





In other exciting news we put up a bathroom door!
Peeing has never been so private!
We still have to work on the hardware but it's almost there..




Lastly, sometimes making a little change goes a long way.
Taylor's parents kindly donated 3 kitchen table chairs that were much needed.
I wasn't all too fond of the vinyl coverings. So with some new fabric and a staple gun, I had my new and improved chairs.

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.