There's No Place Like Home...

I simply cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted. Things happen, life throws all these big events at you, Earth keeps spinning, and before you know it you are an absentee blogger. Yeesh!

Big happenings here at the Nesting Spot. We (being my family and I) have sold our condo and bought our dream home in our dream neighborhood. Me, being the designophile (word?) that I am went right to painting, ripping out cabinets (ok, maybe I did a lot more directing than ripping per se... grazi hubby) etc. And I can proudly say that - although not completely finished - our kitchen is exactly what I hoped it would be... what i envisioned.


Old, dated kitchen


Shiny, new kitchen


Here are some of the things we have done so far: pulled out countertop range and hood above it (barely visible on left side of "before" picture) as well as cabinetry below range to make way for new stainless oven. Modified cabinet above old vent hood to make way for over-range microwave. Pulled out countertops and replaced them with a granite-look laminate counter. Replaced faucet on sink. Pulled out old wall oven and removed gas pipe to make way for new dishwasher. Since we had removed cabinetry above wall oven, we replaced it with open shelf storage for my Fiestaware dishes, etc. We also redid the floor, pulled down all the ceramic tile backsplash and replaced it with beadboard, and put brushed nickel pulls on the cabinets. Phew!

Next to come is stripping wallpaper, painting, adding a third open shelf on top for my cookbooks, making window treatments, and adding a home organization station on the wall to the right of dishwasher. I will post again as we finish those projects.

Did I mention we just moved in 3 weeks ago?!

This is so much fun. This is what I love to do. I hope to post more design finds soon as well, but for now I am off to tear down wallpaper!

Thanks for letting me share and HUGE thanks to my hubby for his abilty to build and to not lose patience with a crazy design-obsessed wife!