Construction update

Sorry I meant to post this earlier in the week, but it's been a tough week in the Geddis household, and needless to say it just didn't happen. But here is where the greatly anticipated pantry is at. Drywall finished, texture sprayed, and primed. Now waiting for time to paint the inside then and some shelves and fill 'er up! The wall will remain primed until we do the rest of the kitchen which will be soon? Maybe. But we have a bust couple of weeks coming up. Vacation is just a week away now and this weekend is filled with big state races so we are otherwise occupied and the construction will just have to wait! So close yet so far away. All in good time though.

Project update

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I was hoping to have some finished photos of the laundry room, but apparently we have jumped onto the next project first. Bryan got the dry wall up for the pantry and is working on mud now. Unfortunately the weather has been so cold the mud isn't drying fast enough so this might take a while. This is after the first coat. The pantry is only 14 inches deep I think so that makes working inside the closet a bit difficult, but it will be awesome once it's all finished. Can't wait for that!

 

So on Sunday while he was working on that I was hanging artwork in the Living Room. BY MYSELF! Usually I'm not allowed to wield a hammer in the house because I tend to eyeball it and we end up with lots of little nail holes in the wall. Well this time I actually measured everything and ended up with perfect straight and even artwork! I'm so proud of myself. Now I just need to go get some more candles to finish the look.

It looks kind of weird to see something on that wall when it has been bare for so long, but now it's starting to look more finished. I just love that wall, and all the iron and scroll patterns match the light fixtures in the rooms perfectly. Love it!

Now if I could just get my nerve up to hang the dishes I bought for the dining room wall. And I need to finish accessorizing the hutch too. It finally found a permanent home, but I'm not happy with the stuff displayed on it yet.

I need new flowers, baskets for above, and more color for sure. It will be a work in progress that I'm sure I will be picking stuff up for as I find it. That's it for now. Not much work going on this week since Bryan has a meeting tomorrow and we will be getting ready for the holiday weekend. Can't wait for all that fun!

On to the next project

Came home from work to this. Actually the front door was opened with an air hose was running up the stairs and behind the mysterious curtain. Just what is behind the curtain you ask?

 

The wall that will soon be hosting my new pantry! Bryan started on the next project before I could get good before pictures, so this is the best I can do. All my pantry items used to be in the cabinets down in the laundry room. Extremely inconvenient when cooking and I constantly had to run downstairs to get something from the pantry. (Actually the kids had to run up and down the stairs to bring me things. I'm not crazy, that's what I had them for isn't it?)

Anyway, since we took all the extra cabinets down in the laundry room I needed a new pantry. I have been wanting to move the pantry up in the kitchen for a long time, just hadn't figured out how to do it yet. We decided we no longer needed an eating area in the kitchen when the dining room is just on the other side of the kitchen. So that's where my new pantry is going. Then at the end of the wall by the french doors will be a recycling center with a built in cabinet to hold the garbage can & pop cans. 

Hopefully it will be a quick project and then we can tackle the rest of the kitchen. The rest of the kitchen includes new flooring, new countertops & backsplash, and reconfiguring a couple of cabinets to get more counter space. Fairly easy and inexpensive I hope!