kitchen makeover

I want to do fix up my kitchen.

Here are some before shots from when we first looked at the house.



We've been slowly getting our cheap old nasty appliances changed over to nicer quality, black appliances. We only have the stove and over-the-stove microwave to replace now. I should take some photos now so you can see the difference just that makes already.

I would like to remove the overhead cabinets in that first photos and to paint the rest of the cabinets white. I found a guide on painting the cabinets.http://www.doityourself.com/stry/paintkitchencabinets.

I want to replace the counter tops and floor, but I haven't made any decisions on what I want to replace them with just yet.

I would like to paint the walls and put in a tile backsplash.

I need to do all of this as economical as possible. We don't plan on living in this house for too many more years, but I also want it to look nice and be a decent quality so we can enjoy it and when the time comes it'll be attractive to potential buyers.

Office Whiteboard update

Well, apparently a new rule went into effect that says our painted-on whiteboards have to be rectangular. So, mine was started today and it's a just boring old rectangle. Here's a couple of photos.






Two coats have been painted and the guy will be back on Wednesday to paint two more coats. I need to bring in my leftover purple paint so he can make some touch-ups to the edges because he said the whiteboard paint tends to bleed quite a bit. I won't be able to use it until Friday.

I may try to figure out a way to tape on additional materials to make it look castle-like. I'll have to think on it and try out some things when it's all dry and ready to use.

The whiteboard from my old office was sitting around waiting to be put up and now that I have a bigger, painted on whiteboard, I won't be using the old one. So, I took some photos of the Punkin's irreplaceable artwork that has been on it. Along with the other work-related stuff that I may actually need in the future.

princess office

As I have posted here before, I painted my office at work purple. Now I have the option of having a custom white board painted in any shape I wish. I haven't put up a whiteboard yet because the place that mine is supposed to hang is blocked by my big bookcase and I was waiting around to get a new one.

Now they are doing this thing at work with some whiteboard paint and I have been told that I can be added to the schedule. I'll have to tape off the area myself, but I can have any shape I want. I joked around about a unicorn, but in all actuality, when I got to thinking about it, I think a castle would be perfect. Then I can truly have a nice princess office, but yet the result after I move my stuff out would be something that a lot of guys would enjoy as well.

Here's my 5 minute MS Paint rendering of what I'm thinking.





It's unmistakably castle shaped, but yet it's a nice mostly rectangular area that actually is quite functional as a whiteboard.

Window Film

I've been wanting to get something to block the windows in the downstairs hallway. We have these 2 windows that are 22.5" wide and 46" tall. They look right out onto the narrow pathway between us and our neighbors. There is a custom fitted blind on one of them that came with the house, but it is red and the walls are green. So, it doesn't go. I need to replace it, but I'd like to make the 2 windows match and having blinds on the one closest to the door wouldn't be very practical.

Anyway, I've been browsing around for window film, but I didn't actually know it was called that. Most of the ones I find aren't really our style or the colors are wrong, etc. But I found one that I like a lot. http://wallpaperforwindows.com/shop/customer/product.php?productid=312&cat=70. I don't have a time to price compare or do much other stopping right now because I'm busy, busy at work and already have taken too much time on this non-essential thing. However, I wanted to get this down here so I'll have the link and the measurements someplace I can refer back to. And maybe, just maybe, Mosquito will decide to take the time to look around on the interwebs a little more in all his spare time. :D