Imagination Land

We have actually made good progress on the kitchen and the pictures will give you an idea of what the finish product will look like. I titled this one as Imagination Land, as you do have to do some imagining to visualize the final product. Why? Because what you will see is a temporary sink and countertops (plywood with dry erase board on top). You will see concrete floors as that cannot be laid until the countertops are in (you cannot get quotes for the countertops until all of the cabinets are in). We still have one wall (by the fridge) that we have to put in upper cabinets, but I’m 1 short…so yeah that is gonna be a week or two out. When you look at the pictures, think of very glossy black granite countertops with a sliver back tile backsplash where the stove is and a beautiful black stainless-steel sink. The pantry is ready to be stocked! YES!! but you will see the toaster there – giving you an idea of what should be on those countertops. I think I want to add a shelf above the cabinets (about halfway up) and put those snacks (that we all know I love – thank you Little Debbie) in baskets.

Enjoy going back to your childhood and using your imagination. It will be hit and miss for postings for the rest of the year as I don’t know what time schedule the countertop folks will have and then the tile, toe kicks would follow. I did promise Chad we would just stop and enjoy life for the rest of the year…so just know we are on a break (so to speak). We will definitely be back at it hard first of the year as we will have 1 room left and I so want that pool to start to be in April – May 2026!

Pantry
Pantry
If you look to the right, you can see one cabinet and that is where the “bar” area will be – again imagine

One more attic day needed…

This weekend we had a half day Saturday and a half day Sunday, and if we would have worked the full weekend, this darn attic would have been done. It is completed minus the linoleum flooring and trim around the door. I wanted it all done this weekend, so next weekend we could finish the bottom of the atrium with the intent of March being time to destroy the kitchen. Hopefully the timing will still work out. Chad is on call this week/next weekend, so we will see if anything gets accomplished. The pictures don’t show it well, but the main area is 24×8 and we have just about as much room in the second area, but we cannot go too high to store stuff due to the sloping ceilings.

Main floor (that will have the lineoleum) and then ready to put flooring down on the section section.

Getting the insulation down then the floor. The previous owners had left over tile, so using that on that 2nd section in spots where I know I will walk. it would be too hard to lay linoleum in that 2nd section due to all of the rafters, so using what was leftover in strategic places.

Done! Just need the linoleum on this main section and then we can go get my Halloween decorations out of storage.