Tuesday, December 14, 2010

just for fun

Just for the sake of sharing/recording/reflecting or whatever, here are the things we have done to our house since we moved in, in I think May of 2008.

  • vented the microwave/hood to the outside, rather than circulating the air back into the kitchen
  • put crown molding on top of kitchen cabinets and put in a corner cabinet glass accent door piece
  • installed three pendent light fixtures in kitchen
  • installed pella storm door on front door
  • put up tons of shelves and peg board in the garage
  • painted the garage floor
  • put up glass tile backsplash in the entire kitchen
  • put hardware on all cabinets in the entire house
  • redid the entire main level bathroom with tile on the floor and walls, new sink and faucet, and crown molding
  • painted majority of interior walls
  • got window treatments for all windows (went with levelor stringless honeycomb type that open from the top and bottom, have mixed feelings about them)
  • got new beautiful Samsung washer and dryer (am not a fan of my front loader, bummer)
  • lowered a crazy high breakfast bar in our kitchen and put paneling on that wall... what a project that was
  • put built-ins in the officet to match the rest of our cabinetry with a granite desktop
  • got stained glass inserts on three windows (office, dining room, master bath)
  • got huge stamped concrete patio complete with a gas fire pit
  • landscaped the remainder of the back yard
  • got whole-house humidifier and electronic air filter (love these!!)
  • got water softener (love this even more!!)
    several new light fixtures, but lots more to go to get rid of all the icky builder grade crap
  • new faucet for kitchen sink (not installed yet but it is on it's way per Amazon!!) Here she is (with magnetite pull down sprayer and soap dispenser):




And here is what we still need to do, not in order of importance because that still has to be determined:

  • get a murphy bed in the office since that will be our guestroom until we finish the basement... someday!
  • paneling in the dining room
  • crown molding on entire main level
  • new interior solid wood architecturally interesting doors
  • new kitchen sink (granite extra deep)
  • paneling up the staircase (like this...)


  • statement light fixture for the stair case
  • deck off master with door replacing existing window
  • all seasons room beneath the deck
  • door on master bath
  • heated tile floor in master (marble basket weave like this...)


  • new shower pan in master bath made with little river rock tile (like this...)



  • closet organizers in all closets
  • cabinets in laundry room
  • new counter depth taller refrigerator
  • take out half the pantry, put in second wall mounted stove and move microwave. Get new hood and put in pot-filler faucet over the stove** this project is my favorite for 2011!!
  • put in bigger window in dining room (maybe use the one that becomes a door for the deck off the master)
  • tankless water heater (probably only if we can use our current one to replace a needed rental house one)

This will be fun to look at and see how the list(s) change and evolve! I have written this out several times and lost it, so glad to have it filed away. Hoping for "pantry project 2011"!!

The new (appropriate-sized) pantry will have this door:



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