Flooring Progress

Hey there friends...no pretty pictures today...just an update to show you how far we got with our flooring renovation project.

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Last weekend my cousin and his crew started the  demolition of our flooring! They took all the appliances out of my kitchen and even removed our center island...which now has a home in our dining room...and was able to remove all the tile and sub-floor.

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Notice anything else that was removed??

Remember this half wall we had that separated the breakfast area from the family room...it's gone! Now it's just one big open space!

Much better!

I was able to remove all the plastic they had up to block off the family room...all the cutting will be done outside now.

They moved the electrical switches and outlet along with my central vacuum connection over to this wall.

They're even adding an outlet in the floor for me over here...so happy about that...I love having an outlet in the floor.

This weekend they told me the flooring in here will be done and my appliances and island installed back in and this wall should be patched.

 On Sunday they're going to rip out the old hardwood in my dining room.

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Hopefully I'll be able to paint this room next week and get it cleaned and back in order!
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Here's a little peek of something pretty I'm working on while all this mess is going on downstairs.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Color Sketch

 Hey there friends...
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I'm still having fun playing around with my new camera and found a new feature it has called "effects". 

This is just one of the features it has but it's my favorite...it's called color sketch. I just went around the house taking some random shots with my camera set on this feature.
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Let's have a look...

   Can you tell I'm lovin this!

  This can become very addicting!!

 

Out with the Old in with the New!

Hey there friends...hope you all had a great weekend!

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As I mentioned in my last post this January marked 11 years for us in this house.  

Many changes have been made in the last 11 years to make this home reflect more of our own style. This past weekend another renovation got started...it's something we've been thinking about for a while now.
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Three years ago we ripped out the carpeting in our family room and replaced it with this beautiful Brazilian Koa hardwood. We love it so much we decided to add it throughout the whole first floor!!

 

It's working its way all the way into our powder room.

I'm lucky to have a cousin who's a contractor and will be doing the work for us! 
He's a perfectionist so I know the job will get done right!
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This front sitting room/study is the only room downstairs that we aren't adding it too.

 We just replaced the carpeting in here 2 years ago and I really like it...I also like the cozy feel it gives the room. 

Sorry... by the time I thought to take a better picture... this room was already jam packed with furniture from the other rooms!!
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This is going to be a big and messy job and I know it's going to take at least a month to be complete being he's only working here on the weekends...but I'm going to be thrilled with the results!! 

I can't wait to see these boxes get opened!!

I'll keep you all posted on the progress:)

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 Happy Saturday Friends!

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The lucky winner of  a new blog header and background courtesy of Rebekah Louise Designs is lucky #8 

 Linda from the blog Coastal Charm.

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CONGRATS Linda!! 

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