Dishwasher

The Kenmore Elite® 24" Double Drawer Dishwasher, Model 13343 was featured on Extreme Home Makeover and with it's great features, it deserves a closer look. It's the same size as a standard built-in dishwasher, but each drawer is independent so you can wash a small load of dishes or large load on different cycles - it's up to you. You can also wash a load of dishes without having to empty both drawers of clean dishes. The convenience of being able to do small loads can result in energy savings. The Kenmore Elite has the added benefit of being EnergyStar qualified.

Trikeenan tile

Oh, I may be in love. Probably much too expensive. I hate to even look, but I just love the way it looks -- soft, homey, but not boring. Okay, maybe an idea.

Refrigerator

Bottom Freezer

Freestanding

Full size

One Door

Kenmore 76252 (for stainless steel) - $1,600

Whirlpool?

Stove

Stove and stove top plus oven

36 inches??

gas w/ maybe convection oven

one, preferably 2 "power burners".

At least 14,000 btu's. More is better.

continuous grate

large oven - 4.5-5 cubic ft

good broiler

warming draw or second oven

Stainless

Kenmore Stainless Steel 30" Freestanding Gas Range 788 $1330

Cabinet

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Interesting for a large top cab over the bottom cabinet


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ceiling fan for livingroom

Our ceilings are not high enough to have something like this suspended, but I love the industrial/modern look

Lighting for an island or penensula

http://www.potterybarn.com/products/rustic-glass-pendant/

The kitchen as it is

Old Kitchen Cabinets

In the cellar are two cabinet pieces. One is a two door piece, the other a 3-door piece. I think they are the original kitchen cabinets. They are painted the ghastly yellow that some of the cellar walls are painted. There appears to be a coat of tan under that. There is no back on the cabinets.
The cabinet doors are inset which I really like. The drawers overlap a little bit.

Detail of the cabinet door.

The top cabinets are sitting on top of the lower cabinets.

And I am wondering if these can be part of our new kitchen.

Almost finished bathroom

It has been awhile since I written here and I so I thought I'd start where I left off. The bathroom has been almost done -- what it is now, since the middle of the summer. When I left in June to go out east before my mother died, the subway tile was on the wall and the floor tile was on the floor but I did not get a chance to do the grouting. David did most of the grouting and then I finished up with the shower shelves and the trim work. The picture above is closet wall. I would like to eventually seal this closet and open it in the master bedroom so was have adequate closet space there. In its place, I'd like to put a square cabinet in the corner for towels, some linens, and all other bathroom stuff.

I still have not found the right light to put above the sink. This is left over and painted from the old bathroom. I am hoping that when I look for kitchen stuff, I will find a vanity light. We put new hinges on the doors and medicine cabinet, but beside that, I did nothing but paint the medicine cabinet.

The sink is new and you can see the floor in this shot. I love it! And one of the architects that came through the house recently to talk about the first floor, commented how nice it was to have the original bathroom floor in such good condition. Made my heart proud!

Good shot of the new bathtub which is not as big as the old one, and not very good for a great soak. The subway tile went in very easily. My one regret is the grey grouting. If I had it to do over again, I would have used a lighter shade.

Bathroom in progress

Where the sink was and before the wall is repaired and new sink put in.
The old medicine cabinent which needs some new hinges but is in pretty good shape and stays right where we found it.

The remaining wall! This wall with the shower on it was Monday's work. The cut outs took me forever!

The shower surround as of Sunday night.

Floor sample. I love this tile. I hope it looks good once it is down.

Tile, tile, and more tile

I spent the day yesterday "laying" the back wall of the bath tub surround, and it is looking so good. I have a good imagination for place but I am always surprised by the reality. I have the next two days to finish the initial laying of the tub surround -- I still have no decided on grout color. Some sort of gray but I am not sure of the exact shade. How much do I want the tile to stand out or become solid white. Actually, the room is too small for anything to fade into a background.

I should have posted pictures of the before, but I'll take some today for a "during."

When I tell people that I am tiling, I get a lot of respect. Much too much. It is not hard, exacting and slow, but not hard. As I was laying my very simple walls, I really wanted to do a more creative job tiling. The reason for tiling white on white and so simple was to get the bathroom to a point where we could sell this house. Not sure if that is what we want to do but the neutrality of the bathroom would not cramp anyone's style. There is enough wall to embellish or change a style, even <> wall paper.