A Lil' repair

Ok, so long time no update. I know, I know. But we've been busy doing some house work, trying to make some improvements to the place that have gone undone for literally years.

Take for example the kitchen paint. We just got around to finally painting it the same color we picked out the week we moved in. That and the trim around the big single pane windows in the kitchen that desperately needed painting. Behold....

Before:


















During:













And....after:














Now all that's left in the kitchen is to install the concrete countertops, rip up the floor and install radiant floor heat, overlay it with tile to match the adjacent fir floors, and place the faux column to catch the beam separating the kitchen from the brown room. Sigh...look for the 2009 update.

Anyway, let's just cut to the chase and give you (mom) what you REALLY come to this site for....