More kitchen pictures

It's pretty much done! It looks awesome!

Home Improvements!

This weekend was the home improvement weekend at the Borrelli Household. We had a couple of ceiling lights in the basement, and a few random wires sticking out of the ceiling in the back hallway. So, I decided that it was about time that we got some lights installed! I went to Home Depot and found a ceiling fan for the living room, and got some paint and a doorbell. The doorbell we had was, well, wires sticking out of the wall. There are a lot of wires sticking out of ceilings and walls in this house. So we took the ceiling light out of the living room and put it in the hallway, installed the other two ceiling lights in the hallway, installed a ceiling fan in the living room, installed a doorbell, hung some pictures, and painted Caroline's room. We were BUSY!!!! Check it out!

Mr. Fix-It and his gang

Plumbing issues

Wow, what a surprise. We have more plumbing issues. First it was the bathtub - the overflow drain worked, but a bit TOO well - it drained through the foyer ceiling. Ed fixed that. Then it was the upstairs bathroom sink - it didn't drain very well. Ed fixed that, too, for a week. Then it STOPPED draining. We called a plumber. He came, fixed it, for two weeks. Then it started draining too well, too - right through the foyer ceiling. So we called the plumber again. He came, cut a hole in Keith's wall, fixed it again, and said we had a lot of plumbing issues in that little bathroom and he'd probably be back. So far, knock on wood, the upstairs bathroom has had no plumbing issues for the last two or three weeks. But the kitchen, I guess, was feeling left out. So now we have some plumbing issue in the kitchen. I actually don't even know what is wrong, because when Ed said 'honey, we have an issue' I stuck my fingers in my ears and ran away. But Keith and Henry said "WE'LL HELP!" - check it out...

And then we have brown...

We finished the entryway and the dining room, too. No, they're not Red Bay. I think that might have been some overkill. Instead, the entryway is Mocha by Sherwin-Williams, and the dining room is Mocha and Bona Fide Beige, both by Sherwin-Williams. Not just Beige, but Bona Fide Beige. The hallway is going to be Bona Fide Beige, too, but I have to unpack some boxes first before we paint in there. So, the entryway, with helper number two:

Before - boring old white:



After - Mocha!:






And the dining room, with same helper:

Before & During:

Progress, part 1

So we've been painting fools around here. Not that I didn't like Adam's choice of colors, but he used flat paint, and I have little boys. Flat paint and little boys don't quite go together. At all. I need to be able to scrub! I need to be able to use my Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on my walls and not worry about the paint coming off! So we got new paint. The kitchen is on hold at the moment, because I need to buy about 100ft of beadboard, but it's still red. As is the living room!! Ed (and his little helper) were going to do the cut work (is that what it's called? The edges?) one day and then the rolling the next.





But, the next morning, I got up to see...





My dear husband stayed up to finish the whole room by himself, while yours truly slept! Now if that's not love, I don't know what is! Isn't it pretty? Yes, that would be Red Bay, aka Amy's favorite color.

Fun at Lowe's

Yesterday (and today, actually) we went to Lowe's. And Home Depot... I can't quite remember why we went to both. Anyways, we were wandering around Lowe's, and they have a little appliance clearance section in the back by the kitchen counter section. I always look, because you never know what great deal I'll just have to have. So I went back there to look, and the only poor, lonely, clearanced appliance was a GE washing machine. Which looked EXACTLY like the infamous GE washing machine *I* had a few months ago! I think it took me five minutes to stop laughing, while Ed cursed under his breath about GE washing machines.

My favorite color

My favorite color EVER is Red Bay by Sherwin-Williams. You can see it here - just search for it. I can't find a way to link directly to it. Anyways, Red Bay is also known as Harrington's Red (oh no, the secret's out!), as well as Keith's Old Room Red. And now, finally, Amy's Kitchen Red!!!! I have ALWAYS wanted a red kitchen, and now I have one! Obviously it's not finished - we still have to do the ceiling and the backsplash and under the chair rail, but so far I LOVE my kitchen! And I think it will only get better!

The joys of a new home

Well, we've been at our new place for one week. I've unearthed the dining room table (only to hide it again with new boxes of, er, stuff), located most of the living room, and got the TV and internet installed! We got up this morning with plans to go to Home Depot to get stuff we need, like a cat door for the basement door, tiles for the backsplash in the kitchen, a few other things... Ed and I were wandering around adding to our list, and Ed got the bright idea that the ceiling in the breakfast area was sagging. Yeah. My professional opinion was 1. it looked just like it always did and 2. if there's a problem, call the landlord - that's what they are for. Unfortunately, Ed doesn't agree with my professional opinion. Oh no. Instead, he had to go pushing and poking at the ceiling. You guessed it....



So now he gets to call the landlord and tell them about the hole in the ceiling. Fun. So wish me luck today - maybe he'll start listening to me for once!