Our new countertops!
Welcome, family, to our new blog home. I admit, moving to WordPress was a failed experiment. After much complaining from Dad, I've headed his comments and relocated. Only time will tell if this move was a good idea. So, family, welcome to SquareSpace.
In other news, Jarrod and I are also building our new home -- or old home -- we're renovating. And, I know I'm not alone. Sarah and Steve win the award for renovation projects. But for those who aren't up on what we're doing. Here's what up. It's all in the kitchen. The blue 90's countertops are gone, replaced with Andino (or something) granite. It's mostly white with some grey and red thrown in. It's heavenly. We've kept the original cabinets which I hope we don't live to regret. They're in good shape and all but they're also Golden Oak chic. Blah. I'm sure they were very hip at one point.
Moving on. A friend pointed out at the beginning of our journey in the kitchen that we had 5 different types of wood going on in that room: wood floors, wood cabinets, wood light switch covers, wood wall paneling and a lovely wooden large light fixture. All in various shades of yellow. So, the name of the game has been eliminating natural wood. We just finished ripping the wainscoting off the wall. Luckily underneath the wall was painted white and textured. After all, we've learned to have NO IDEA what to expect when you start digging into walls.
We're replacing all of the trim in the kitchen with white trim, of which I was painting prior to sitting down to write. Thus the crevices of my nails are caked with chunky white paint. Perhaps the saddest tragedy of today was the death of my new shirt. After yammering at Jarrod for doing construction in a nice shirt, I decided to paint in my new shirt. Then I realized I got white paint on it...then I tried to wash the paint off...with a Brillo pad. And now my shirt has a hole in it. But the paint is done and the trim is partially tacked in.
We're going to finish the evening off with a trip to the local cinema to watch the new remake of Baywatch. I guess I should go change my shirt.