New Stuff Is EXCITING!!!

On Friday I ordered our new kitchen cabinets...wooo wooo six weeks away from wonderful chaos! Yes...we did change the style and went with a more workable 'L' shaped kitchen...I got EVERYTHING I wanted this way and less wasted space! Plus my kitchen/Dining area will feel much bigger! The cupboards are basically going to be this colour...Maple in Espresso. I have yet to choose a countertop but I'm thinking something in a lighter colour...and my double sink is a Granite composite in Champagne.

To the right of the fridge is my pantry with pull out drawers and to the left is a broom closet. Of course there's plenty of storage in the cupboards above.

I have many wonderful full extend drawers for all of my stuff. The "cabinet" on the left is a special make just for me! The appliance garage will hide my microwave! The upper cupboard to the left of the stove will have some tray dividers for my cookie sheets and pans. The lower cupboard to the right of the stove is actually a pull out spice rack...and there is a corner cupboard there but no lazy susan cause I hate them! My sink cabinet includes a tilt out tray to hide icky scrubbies. The far right upper cupboard (that you can't really see) is a corner unit with glass door to show off some of my nicer crystal.

Last week my special order chandelier for our bedroom came in and on saturday we went and picked it up...I also splurged and bought a fancy light switch for it! Fancy meaning it's a dimmer switch with a remote!!! The remote is important because then we won't argue over who has to go turn off the lights!

And....(Drumroll................) Yesterday....Ike went and picked up our gorgeous flooring! (Tropical Walnut) It's even better than I thought! I can't wait for it to be installed!!!!

Murderers!!

We are official tree murderers! Yep...show no mercy...hack them down like savage beasts and haul their carcasses away to the compost! I hated those pine trees anyhow and chokecherries have never really been my favorite either. Look how much cleaner it is and how much bigger our yard looks!(You may need to compare pictures with a past blog) All done by hand! Rrraaawrrr! :)

The concrete boys were hard at work prepping the yard for our garage floor. Today the piers were done...hopefully it won't be much longer for the rest of the concrete work!

Upgrades

Here's a bit of what we've been up to!

Bronco Brown....I LOVE it! It's like pumpkin pie! Soooo much nicer than the random combination of the original greenish and pinkish taupe colour.

Master bedroom got Phantom Mist on the accent wall (velvety black or very deep chocolate brown) and Heavy Cream on the rest. Will look great with our red paintings and new chandelier with red crystal droplets.

Claudia wanted purple and Roman Purple she got! Grandma painted a little surprise in her closet!

New light fixtures....They had this wonderful collection at Canadian Tire and some were on sale (even better)....Not only do they look wonderful in our house but they were made just for me as the collection was named "Candice"...How could I resist!? So we bought the dining room chandelier, two semi-flush matching for the front entrance and hallway, and a pendant matching for the side entrance....too awesome! Sooo much nicer than the rusty dusty lights she had with the missing glass shades and barely screwed on bases!

Without Further Ado...

Our new home! Needs some love but we can do it!



Lovely side yard where Ike will build us a 2 car garage. We also need to dig up a ton of stupid bushes planted in the middle of the yard!

Small deck in the back currently only accessible by walking around the house. We plan on installing a patio door where the dining room window is.

More beer dad?! Small outdated kitchen also will receive a much needed upgrade this winter!

I love my new fridge...I didn't realize how much fun having ice & water in the door could be!

Dining room...That was the old fridge which wasn't keeping anything cold (no wonder she wanted ours)! Don't worry we already dragged it outside.

Who was the first idiot to install carpet on walls? What a dumb idea....Stairway to our basement...Charlie enjoying the coolness down there.

Living room...as you can see we already attacked some of the house and ripped out old carpeting and various closet doors.

Hallway to the bathroom and bedrooms AND linen closet!

Beautiful pink main bathroom...ugh...needs updating too!

Master bedroom...Lots of space! Already ripped out flooring and mom and I re-painted it(not shown in these pictures).

Master 2 piece bath with yet another linen closet. :)

Ginormous closet!

Claudia's future bedroom....Can you see the ugliness? One wall is pink...one is lavender...

And one is green....thank goodness my mom and I attacked her room first!

Spare bedroom where Claudia is currently sleeping until we put new flooring in her room!

More pictures to come later...Hope this satisfies some of you!

We're In!

We did it...We are in our new home! Friday evening Dad showed up with his big truck and before getting to work we headed out to Pizza Haven for a birthday dinner! Mmmm pizza! Then to work...The three of us (Ike, Dad, and I) loaded his truck as full as we could with all of our possessions. It's amazing how much you can get done in 3 hours. The next morning we started the day off right by going out for breakfast...and then back to the house to load up and organize the last remaing items like our mattresses, appliances, fridge & freezer food, and other misc. items that couldn't fit into Dad's truck. My mother-in-law and Dave & Char showed up somewhere around 11-1130 to help...thank goodness because by that time the other lady was just about ready to move in! We had so much stuff that we were forced to do some extra half ton loads in between the her moving in. We all unloaded the van and the half ton loads and then took a well deserved break....During which time, I made lunch...a lovely assortment of bbq'd hamburgers and hotdogs, beer, veggie platter, and cookies. Then back to work unloading the big truck...by this time Laura and my sister-in-law Becky had shown up (they must've smelled the food). 30 minutes and we were done!
My mom showed up in the evening and stayed the night. The next day she helped me paint Claudia's bedroom as well as the master bedroom. In between coats of paint she helped me put find and put away dishes and food into my freshly cleaned (thank you Ike's mom!) cupboards. Monday we finished up the last of the painting in those two bedrooms and cleaned closets so we could put away all of our linens! I LOVE closet space!!!! Dad helped Ike install my washer and dryer and put together Claudia's bed!
We're still living out of boxes but so far so good! I will post pictures tomorrow when I have more time!

Getting Closer!

Only one more weekend and then we move! Today we visited the lawyer's and signed a bunch of papers. He talked about the money disbursal and those numbers are enough to freak anyone out! But (deep breath) God will take care of us! (Smile) And just to add to those numbers we went to our local appliance store (Sawatzky's) and purchased a brand new fridge and dishwasher for our new home! I must add in the spirit of mennoniteville...they were on sale! On the 31st we will not only be moving but also picking up my new french door bottom mount freezer refrigerator with ice and water dispenser---oh yeah and dishwasher! Yeah I know I said I didn't think I'd like a french door fridge but a girl can change her mind! Soooo excited! Ugh now back to packing!

FINALEMENT!!

I finally managed to get those photos uploaded...They are now properly displayed in my "Boxes" post from a few days ago! Enjoy! Oh and we're probably going to change our minds about the colour of the hardwood....lol....sooooo many choices!