Happy Turkey Day

wishing everyone a happy and tummy filling thanksgiving day!!!

remodel warnings!!

a warning to all owners of old homes....this is what you may be living with and not even know it!!! no one likes to do home improvements, but sometimes it is worth it more than you know.
nathan and i ripped out our old flooring last weekend to replace it with new tile and this is what was living under that old nasty linoleum sheeting......totally molded plywood and really old industrial tile....thankfully, we were able to get all of the wood up and clean the tile underneath and can now lay new flooring on top of that....i wish someone could have seen our faces when we thought this was the sub-flooring to our house(shear panic)!!
someone was watching out for us this day for sure...remember to say your prayers!



the MOLDED plywood base with the exposed under tile


three layers in view, the white is the remaining linoleum, then the black molded wood and lastly the industrial tile that saved us!!

kitchen facelift

Nathan and I have chosen to forego the major reno of the kitchen for a minor facelift until our wallet gets fatter and baby #2 is here and settled.......attached are a few shots of our gorgeous kitchen in the before stage as a reminder to what it was.......i know you are all thinking that it is soooo fabulous, why are we making any changes, right, haha!!!! check out all of the custom touches we had for free.......multiple layers of retro wallpaper, rippled linoleum flooring that gave us the feel that we were swimming, vintage appliances and best of all.....the amazing faux finishing on the ceilings and walls!!!! well, goodbye old charm and hello to clean, simple and livable.......wish us luck

view from dining room into kitchen

view from the garage entry

view from family room