it started with a vision to tear down some walls to open up some space. this is a guarantee for a journey that will expand before you say the words. it will require considerably more time, energy, money and creative resources than you originally thought you were capable of.
case in point: a 1930's tiny tudor with a new extension/expansion that ignored the original "tiny" part when it slapped on the more open new part. what mark & i have come to refer to as "timmisms": the at times scary and/or almost laughable choices made by the former owner/remodeler of this house.
let's start our story with the kitchen. note the "before" pics. and.... back to "tearing down some walls"... this kitchen part has nothing to do with the walls. this is like one of those ballot issues that has "add ons" that are part of the package. in this case, if we are going to do the kitchen, the two-walls-to-go program in the other part of the house will be attached to the budget. NOW you get it.
the progress report on the kitchen is: countertops(from concrete to granite)-done. saw off part of cabinet to expose island-done, backsplash(from busy multicolored dizzying pattern to serene natural-hued tumbled marble)-done. paint, island lighting and window treatments-pending.
let's save the rest for another post.
p.s. hurray for me! because today is the day i learned to connect two different cameras to my awesome new mac notebook to send an email to the HVAC contractor (yet another post to come) and to post photos on this blog. while we're at it, i also created a Picasa photo site this week. .. all this productivity while sitting on my ass is astounding!
