Kitchen Now

I was having problems posting pics before, so I got up the before pics of the kitchen and dining room, but not the after shots! We got all new knobs, new light fixtures, new curtains, etc. We also took down the 70's gold flecked mirrors, and painted a cute display shelf. (Thanks for making that happen, mom!) Here is what the kitchen looks like now, with no more wallpaper!: And for Chach, here is a picture I just took of myself (28 1/2 weeks). Notice the wallpaper in the background--someday that wall is going to be chocolate brown.

One Year Ago...

We moved into our house on May 1, 2008. Almost a year ago! Since then, we have completed quite a few changes, starting with stripping wallpaper from every room in the house. (To be totally honest, we still have wallpaper left in two bathrooms, and it may be another year before those get tackled.) I thought it would be fun to look at some of the before and after pictures, starting with our kitchen and dining room. Here it was before: For those of you looking closely, YES, there was wallpaper on the ceiling. It was very exciting. Here are some picture of us taking it down: If it seems like we were always working on the same wall, it was because that was when we first discovered that most of the house had TWO layers of wallpaper, not just one. And the bottom layer was like a piece of cardboard stuck on with cement. You can see me trying to sand it off in the picture above--we eventually gave up that tactic.