Home Remodel Tour ~ Kitchen

~ Kitchen Cabinets - BEFORE ~
~ Kitchen - BEFORE - but after I painted the walls from a key lime green to a brown ~
~ The Old Dishwasher ~

~ The Old Stove - ICK! ~

~ The Old Refrigerator - cover in art work - that is what made it pretty ~

~ The New and Shiney Fridge ~

~ By Far my FAVORITE part - The New Stove & Microwave ~

~ Just a view of the new white cabinets I painted ... and the ugly counter tops ~

~ The New Dishwasher - White Cabinets and New Refrigerator ~

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Well I thought I would finally post the pictures of the kitchen ... but when I was putting pictures together I realized Jason and I have now redone EVERY single room in our 1982 house. We bought it 7 years ago because we LOVED the yard and the neighborhood ... we never thought we would have stayed there as long as we have but after 7 years we managed to make our house a home and I admit ... I LOVE IT! Of course riasing 2 beautiful children in it makes it a houseful of memories too! We started the makeover the month after we bought it by gutting the basement and redoing the whole thing. Next we painted the bathroom downstairs, the dining room, kitchen and living room upstairs. About 2 years later we added on a 4 season glass enclosed sunroom and turned that into our living room so Jaden could have a playroom. At the same time we added on we gutted the bathroom upstairs and did that work ourselves. The next project we tackled was our bedroom. We ripped off the wallpaper and painted the seafoam green walls blood red. The summer of 2006 we tore our old deck off and had it rebuilt at the same time we added the swimming pool. That mess of course led to a whole landscape makeover around the entire house. The last project turned out to be a HUGE one when we added on to the house when I found out I was pregnant last year. That project added 400sf to the house and 2 more bedrooms. After that was done and I was no longer pregnant we painted the bedroom downstairs to cover up the bright pink and purple. We also replaced the entire utility room witha new Furnace, Water Softener, A/C Unit as well as an air purifier and a humidifier! We've obviously been busy and when I type all that it is quite obvious where all our money went the last 7 years! But it has been a fun ride ... so I decided that my next few posts will be Before and After pictures of our house ... want to joine me? Let me know if you have done some remodeling as well - it will be fun to see what everyone has done!

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Guess What Everyone!!! My kitchen is finally finished (well minus the new counter tops but those are coming next!) I finally finished painting 3-4 coats of white high gloss paint on the cabinets and doors Thursday night. I had a lot of help from my neighbor Jenny and of course Jaden. Thursday Jason hung all the doors back up and I crossed that off my list. The only thing we waited on next was the appliance delivery. Friday night came and went without a phone call scheduling a delivery time … luckily Charlotte woke up at 6am Saturday to eat so I called the warehouse to check the status and they told me we weren’t scheduled for delivery until Monday – um excuse me? I told them that my receipt stated the delivery was the 18th and that I had been without a stove for 2 weeks already and that I needed a stove since we were having a BBQ Saturday and I needed to make macaroni salad. I was of course saying this with an unpleasant tone which put the wheels in motion and an error was discovered on their end. Low and behold my appliances were delivered at 1:00 Saturday afternoon – my BBQ started at 3:30! The installation of the microwave and dishwasher was scheduled for Monday! I have to say the kitchen (aside from counter tops) looks SO much better than I had imagined. The old microwave is gone and I have more counter space … as you can see there isn’t much counter space in my kitchen so having just an inch more makes a HUGE difference! I have to say that the sleek black and stainless make the whole space feel ‘clean’ if you know what I mean – not that I am a dirty person but the newness adds to the clean atmosphere. I am happy that this project is now off my list … it had been on there for 7 years!!! So let me know what think ...

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Other than the kitchen ‘stuff’ Charlotte is recovering from her ear infection but she has a horrible cough and a pretty pitiful cry without a voice. She is a little ‘off’ and her sleeping at night is affected which makes her a little more tired than normal. She is eating well and still smiling normal … she really is a happy happy girl! I am hoping she is back to her normal self by the weekend. I am off Friday yet again since daycare is closed again so the girls and I are meeting Hannah and Jolene for lunch. Saturday Carol is coming up and we are heading to the Scott County Fair for Charlotte’s 1st Fair Experience! It should be fun … then hopefully relaxing by the pool on Sunday! Hope you are all having a wonderful week so far …

Love ~ The Clark Family of Four ~ Rebekah, Jason, Jaden and Baby Charlotte!