Our house is slowly morphing into a home:-) Today we had our new applianced delivered and part of the dining room furniture. Some of the light fixtures have been added. We told our electrician that we would take care of hanging the crystals because it is very time consuming. We haven't done that yet, but we will over the weekend.
We still have to paint the column, and the pendant chandeliers over the peninsula have to be re-hung at a higher point. Here is the new dishwasher. I'm really glad to have this because I've never had a decent dishwasher. This Bosch got wonderful reviews:
This will be the pride and joy of my kitchen. I am so excited to have this wonderful stove! I can't wait to cook my first meal with it. I know we will have many wonderful years together making meals. I love that it has an extra burner, a turbo boil feature that allows me to boil a pot of water in 90 seconds, and a warming drawer at the bottom to keep food warm in case Jeff comes home later than expected.
The LG fridge will definitely be great. I love the French door style fridges. It's a real back saver for me.
The fridge was supposed to be flush with the cabinetry. I am not sure what happened or how we can fix it. I am also regretting not getting cabinetry panels over top of the appliances, but that's just a preference. I love my new kitchen anyway.
We also bought a new front loading washer and dryer.
The hallway light by the half bath has been partially installed:
The half bath is well on it's way to looking so much better. The mirror, vanity, and fixtures have been added. I love the copper faucet. That's my favorite part.
Work in the upstairs hallway is underway too. Over the weekend Jeff and Sheila pulled out the dingy old carpet to reveal the gorgeous hardwood. It needs a little work, but it's going to be stunning when we finish restoring it. Here you can see the medallions and part of the chandeliers that have been done (we have one on each end of the hallway, and both will be visible outside through the end windows, which I think will be nice to add some curb appeal to the outside.
I still need to find some curtain rods for the windows up there. I already have some beautiful damask curtains, but I can't wait to remove those ugly flimsy plastic blinds. I really dislike those. And every window in this house has one. We'll keep them for privacy until we can outfit each window with an appropriate treatment, but they will be donated. You can see in the next picture how beautiful the floors are. They are covered in drywall dust right now, though.
This is the frame for a 24" flush mount crystal light for the living room. That one is going to take forever to put together, but it's a beautiful fixture--and one of my best Ebay bargains. I love bargains.
Another Ebay find was this mint condition 1920s fixture. We decided to put this in the front entrance foyer. It really seems to go with the house. They were made in the same time frame, so it is period appropriate. My little sister Sheila picked out the medallion for this one, and I think she picked one that really complements the fixture.
You can see the wall niche laying on the counter in the next photo. That should be installed tomorrow. Unfortunately because of code there is a light switch centered on the space where I wanted this. It will have to be istalled off center which is going to bother me. I still think it is a nice touch, though, and a great place to display some of my favorite pieces.
The canned lights have been finished as you can see in this shot. You can also see that the dark area behind the window valance has been lit with new lighting. The undercabinet lights are also lit. No more problems seeing:-)
And finally, the kitchen pull-down sprayer faucet is in.
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