the day is finally here

We're done.

We finished late Wednesday night, in fact it was more early Thursday morning, Kevin and I waxing and buffing the wood floors that had taken a beating.

While the kids sat fireside at camp we treated ourselves Thursday night with a cold glass of Sauvingon Blanc (me) and a vodka tonic (him) and a bowl of poutine with two forks (both).

What we have accomplished:

-replaced all knob and tube wiring in our house

-patched and repaired all walls and ceiling damaged by above

-replaced floor and fixtures in our powder room

-knocked down wall in kitchen

-replaced floor in mudroom and kitchen

-new cupboard in kitchen where wall was 

-moved the light fixture that was in our mudroom to the powder room

-moved the chandelier that used to hang in the powder room to the dining room

-attempted to do all of this on a very limited budget

Here is a reminder of how the kitchen looked before...

And here it is today...

All the new furniture (kitchen table & chairs, pink couch, pink chair, round mirror) was generously gifted to us by Kevin's grandfather who is moving into some swanky new digs.  I love them and the fact that they were used and loved by family makes them extra special.  

Kevin and I are thinking modern for a coffee table and perhaps rug in the living area but that will have to wait. I also would have loved to have laid the new kitchen tiles brick like but simply couldn't justify the cost.

I'm off to enjoy a bit of my summer.  I'm finishing at my present office in one week and will immediately start at a new one.  There will be no room for a long summer holiday this year...but I promise not to whine...I have done enough of that.  I will simply enjoy all of the free time that I do have, and make the most of it...starting now.