One year anniversary

Monday the 27th is the one year anniversary of when we started our kitchen demolition/renovation project. We lived without a kitchen for 4 months! It was a PITA but I'm so happy with the end result.

We have been living with the exposed sub-floor since then because Jason and I were unable to decide on flooring. We both wanted tile but were unable to find anything either of us really liked. Next I wanted hardwood, then I wanted cork but Jason did not like the samples we found, then I went back to hardwood to match the rest of the house, and then finally we moved back to tile.

Last Friday on my way home I heard an ad for a flooring warehouse. It was not the first time I heard the ad but for whatever reason it stuck in my brain this time. Saturday morning I was telling Jason about it and I looked up the website. We read the directions and drove out to have a look-see. Well lo and behold we found a tile option. We purchased a 12x12 and a 20x20 sample. We brought them home, laid the two tiles on various sections of the kitchen floor, walked around, played with the lighting and it's now snowing in Hell because we both agreed we loved the tile! We hightailed it back to the warehouse before they closed and purchased 6 boxes of our new flooring tile.

So this weekend we will be installing our new floor! Our kitchen renovation is nearing completion! The only items left are deciding on(HA!) door/drawer pulls, over & under cabinet lighting, a backsplash, purchasing an over the range microwave, and finally a new window. The microwave is not a necessity as our old counter model works fine. The backsplash we like is pricey and not a necessity at this time. The window is a long way off as we need new windows in every room except our bedroom and bathrooms. 50+ year old windows = drafty.

Stay tuned for photos.