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House post: What a difference!
May. 17th, 2014 07:36 amAs I reach the end of the renovations, I'm looking around the home that I'm becoming so comfortable in and think things like "There used to be ugly beige carpet here. There used to be a desktop computer on a cart in the middle of the living room! There used to be..." ( photos under cut )
In the kitchen, there used to be light-sucking brown cabinets; an ugly, dated valence, an awkward cabinet with a deep blind corner behind the refrigerator, and a mismatched formica counter (because I meant to paint the cabinets white from the day I moved in):
And now, today:
The countertop is hardwearing granite (a color that I'm now very happy with now that it's flanked with the colors I'd always intended); the backsplash is equally hardwearing ceramic tile; the valence is gone, so is the deep blind corner, and a couple of ventilated metal shelves over the window provide a permanent drying rack without taking up counter space. The gooseneck faucet and the extra-deep sink mean that I can soak-wash an oversized roaster.
(The dehumidifier parked annoyingly in front of the refrigerator will go away when the paint stops being slightly tacky.)
There is still some to do. But I'm on the downhill slope of the work now; just details, decorations, and decluttering. (And I've got a deadline for that last: there's a big charity yard sale at the end of July that will be perfect for making my extra stuff Go Away.)
In the kitchen, there used to be light-sucking brown cabinets; an ugly, dated valence, an awkward cabinet with a deep blind corner behind the refrigerator, and a mismatched formica counter (because I meant to paint the cabinets white from the day I moved in):
And now, today:
The countertop is hardwearing granite (a color that I'm now very happy with now that it's flanked with the colors I'd always intended); the backsplash is equally hardwearing ceramic tile; the valence is gone, so is the deep blind corner, and a couple of ventilated metal shelves over the window provide a permanent drying rack without taking up counter space. The gooseneck faucet and the extra-deep sink mean that I can soak-wash an oversized roaster.
(The dehumidifier parked annoyingly in front of the refrigerator will go away when the paint stops being slightly tacky.)
There is still some to do. But I'm on the downhill slope of the work now; just details, decorations, and decluttering. (And I've got a deadline for that last: there's a big charity yard sale at the end of July that will be perfect for making my extra stuff Go Away.)
