Surprise for Me!

Just when you've finally accepted that it's never ever going to happen, decide to be content with what you have the way you have it, and as a final step delete all the pictures in your Houzz ideabook that are inspirational for what it was you originally wanted......

You come home to this!!!

Vacation To Done List!

Before our vacation started I wrote out five major goals that I wanted to get done on our house.  We got most of them done that are on the list and even dabbled in a few other things that weren't on the list.  One night, I made a huge master list of all the things I could think of that needed to be done, printed it out, and slapped it on our fridge only to realize since then I've left at least three things off.  So here's our vacation list scratched mostly off with pictures to illustrate.  4 out of 5 ain't bad right?

(Sarah, check out those pink arrows!)

1. Polyurethane select parts of kitchen

2. Restain kitchen cabinets

3. Get all dishes, utensils and various other kitchen accoutrements washed and put up in their new homes

4. Paint trim and quarter-round in bedroom

5. Paint mini bathroom (Didn't get to it, still a vacuum closet)

If I had read the fine print I would have noticed that Chipper Hatter is an architectural photographer, not a contractor or whatever I was thinking.
Got to read people!
But......Chipper is going to provide me with additional pictures.
Yay!
Here's to the kitchen!