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New Kitchen: The Delta ToucH20 Faucet
Delta Faucet company graciously gave me a Delta Pilar Pull-down Faucet with ToucH20 Technology. We absolutely love this faucet! I am a Delta fan, anyway– when we moved to this house, the bathrooms had Delta faucets (old Delta faucets, because the bathrooms had been remodeled in the 1970s and 80s). They work marvelously, after all [...]
Continue reading...New Kitchen: The Island Workhorse
29. September 2010
Chuck from Secondary Roads noticed my island in the new kitchen. So I thought I’d mention it. The island is a big one, on great big casters. I cut a portion of the butcher block countertop slab to fit on it. Originally, I was going to use a simple table, sheesh maybe slap together wood [...]
Continue reading...New Kitchen: The Beverage Center
28. September 2010
While designing the kitchen, I had complete creative freedom. Of course, I did have some limits: the door here, the drains there, etc. But overall, I had an open space 12 x 23 feet to tinker with. Oddly enough, the floor plan I eventually ended up with strongly resembles the floor plan I originally sketched [...]
Continue reading...I Love Wood Countertops
23. September 2010
We’ve had a few curious guests drop in since we’ve started putting the house back together. Ever single person has commented on the gorgeous wood countertops (and even the photos of the counters receive praise from blog readers). I LOVE my butcher block countertop. I had read all the pros and cons– some folks giving [...]
Continue reading...Our Dishwasher Dream…
16. September 2010
…came true! A little background: We are a family of six. For over a year, I babysat several kids, making it TEN people to cook for, and to clean for. Imagine the humungous stacks of dishes we had to wash every single day. We couldn’t renovate the kitchen at that time, and there was no [...]
Continue reading...Moving In!
10. September 2010
We are ALMOST DONE. ALMOST. Oh my word, I was starting to wonder if I was ever, finally, going to be able to say that. It has been QUITE the wild 4-month ride. We are at the brink of exhaustion now. If I don’t take the kids for a vacation after this, I am a [...]
Continue reading...A Terrific Weekend! The End is Near! Well, Nearer…
6. September 2010
We are ACTUALLY talking about MOVING BACK into the kitchen this week!!! Oh my word!!! We had a great weekend– very hectic, and I’m still sore as anything– but the room is beginning to look like a kitchen again. Firstly, I got the flooring installed. It’s TrafficMaster Allure flooring. It’s “OK.” It installed very easily [...]
Continue reading...The Butcher Block Countertop Installation Experience
2. September 2010
Well, that’s an SEO-laden title, isn’t it? :-p In a word: IT’S OVER. It was actually “not too bad.” The anxiety leading up to it was INTENSE, however. I am so glad it’s over. Of course, I have a small 4-foot area to do on the other side, and an island to build with the [...]
Continue reading...Livvy Loves the Cabinets
1. September 2010
She just loves new stuff. Let’s explore! Yeah, she’s looking for that fancy Hansgrohe faucet, eh? She has good taste. These photos were taken before we got our countertops up. We installed them yesterday. And I cut out the sink hole and IT LOOKS GREAT!!! Yippeeee!! I was quite nervous about the sinkhole– you only [...]
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I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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30. September 2010
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