I don’t like to post pictures of my house, so you’d better enjoy it while you can get it.
Once upon a time, Mike and Kari bought a house. Here is what the kitchen looked like.
(That’s three layers of linoleum. And the scary carpet.)
There were crazy light fixtures and half the room was carpeted and the cabinets had weird yellow slats on the doors and the fireplace was hideously ugly. And ugly wallpaper. There were so many awful things I can’t remember them all.
This is what it looked like for most of the summer.
How did we get through that? I don’t know. Margaritas, mostly.
And, FINALLY, here is what it looks like now!
Yes, I know we need a cover for our vent.
Yes, I know we need some crown molding for the fireplace. You people are so demanding. Can’t we rest on our laurels for a while?
Obviously there are a few details we need to finish, and we need to work on window treatments and hang pictures, but I wanted to let you see how far we have come.
One last word about the kitchen - here is a picture of our tile. I mopped last night, so I feel confident showing it to you. Our friend Randy at Rekoncile Design did the floor, and he did a spectacular job.
The kitchen transformation can also be viewed here.
August 24th, 2008 at
amazing! that looks great!
also crazy is i wonder how old that heart with “Mike+Kari” is? maybe from the original residents?
August 24th, 2008 at
I KNOW! Can you believe they had the same names that we do?
August 24th, 2008 at
Love it!
August 24th, 2008 at
Beautiful!
August 25th, 2008 at
I LOVE IT!
August 25th, 2008 at
There is nothing I love more than seeing young families moving into solid but neglected neighborhoods and houses and making them beautiful. It’s the best kind of environmental responsibility!
August 25th, 2008 at
love the u shape work space, you will be creating wonderful pies I just know it!
August 25th, 2008 at
Once upon a time, Mike and Kari moved into a great neighborhood and found a house (that is a boy) and made him look spectacular! Great job, guys. Can’t wait to see it in person.
August 25th, 2008 at
it looks great! thanks for the shout out to randy! he said, “mike did a noteworthy spackleing job, too!”
August 25th, 2008 at
since it’s been a couple days, does this mean the daily posts are over??? i’m guessing yes, since kids come back tomorrow. it’s been so fun! thanks for all the insight and entertainment given daily this summer. not to mention a little competition, even!
August 26th, 2008 at
I posted that on Sunday! That was just one day! You are very demanding. (But, yes, daily posts are over. Back to our regular schedule.)
August 27th, 2008 at
you have a special shelf built in for books in your kitchen/dining area part. Freak, girl, your genius is showing. love it!
August 27th, 2008 at
Oh my goodness, I love it! So fabulous! I am jealous of your bookshelf on the other side of your kitchen peninsula. Nicely done!
August 27th, 2008 at
Love the book shelf…and I LOVE the Charles Chips containers!
August 27th, 2008 at
It’s awesome that you noticed them! My dad got them for me for Christmas a few years ago - he used to sell Charles Chips, and I asked him to save some cans for me if he ran across them.
We will have other decorations up soon, but those obviously had to go over the pantry.
August 27th, 2008 at
Stopped by after seeing you on Emily’s blog. The kitchen looks great!
August 27th, 2008 at
That kitchen is gorgeous! I am so jealous!
August 27th, 2008 at
Hey! Came here after reading your beautfiul tribute by Emily. Love the kitchen! I’m totally digging the bookshelf. I’ve never seen anything like that. It looks soooo classy! Love it all! BTW, I read about your trip to New York. When I read about you going to The Strand, it made me think of GG (which we hear you love). The one where they’re planning they’re ‘perfect week’ before Rory goes off to college. Anyways, thanks for letting me stop by and learn a bit about you!
August 27th, 2008 at
wandered over here via chatting at the sky’s suggestion. Wow! I love your renovation. As everyone else has said…I love the shelf for your cookbooks, etc. I love that you put countertop their as opposed to just a wooded built in. It looks great. You have an interesting blog..I will have to stumble back here to visit!
August 27th, 2008 at
i love the bookshelf thing! looks great. (came here from emily’s site).
August 28th, 2008 at
I hear your kitchen saying, “thank you, I feel much better now.”
August 28th, 2008 at
Wow!! I hear remodeling is one of marriages biggest tests. Congratulations…it looks like this might be the real deal.
…until the babies come…we’ll see how you hold up then.