The New Kitchen

Remember I told you about us having to get the kitchen floor redone?  Well, today they came and put down the tile.  Right now in our great room (which is not so great when filled with belongings that clearly belong in ANOTHER ROOM) has the following extra items in it:

China Cabinet - without china.  The china is in boxes on top of the bed in the guest room.  Table, six chairs, bookcase filled with cookbooks, bar cart with wine glasses and carafes, boxes with muffin tins, cookie sheets and loaf pans that had to come out of the cabinets; the trash can, and THE REFRIGERATOR.  Yep, the fridge is plugged in and sitting beside the fireplace.  Where's the stove, you ask?  Oh, it's just inside the front door - sitting in the foyer with the handtruck still stuck under it. 

Everything in the house is covered with a fine dust - from either the tile being cut, the backer board being installed, and/or the thin set being applied to the entire floor.  Oh My God - even rooms that have nothing going on in them are filthy.  Looks like I'll have to start at the ceiling and clean from the top down.

Once my kitchen is finished, I'll post before-and-after pictures so you can see the end result and let us know if it was worth all the effort.  I'm thinking it is.

During all of this, I have been watching either CNN and/or Weather Channel. My beloved Vermont has been totally devastated.  Beautiful covered bridges washed right off their abutments and downstream.  Will Vermont be able to return to normal?  I sincerely hope so.  My heart goes out to all Vermonters,  When I see destruction like that, I'm truly thankful for only renovation grime.

Around the House

I haven't posted anything in a while - since we got back from that trip to New England, where we didn't find any cooler temperatures.  Reason being:

Home Renovations!  Not by choice.  The icemaker line broke - flooded the kitchen with water.  The water buckled the hardwood floor.  The insurance company told us to 'put fans on to dry out the wood'.  OK.  We put fans on.  The floor swelled up like a sponge.  I don't think the fans did what they were supposed to do. 

Now the insurance company enters the picture.  They decide the floors have to come up.  OK, fine.  We removed some of the wood - and boy was what we saw NASTY.  Wet, mildew, mold, yuck.  We decide no more wood.  We pick out tile. 

Now the entire floor comes up - and more news.....there's another spot that is not caused by the errant icemaker line.  THIS one is because of the shower drain pan on the OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL.  Now we have to rip out the shower/tiles and everything associated with it.

I have decided, since I am a fanatic of HGTV/DIY, that we need an updated bath.  Glass shower doors, take out the wall, new tiles, the works! 

Did someone forget to tell me my maiden name was Rockefeller? 

I hope that one of these days soon I can actually get back in my kitchen to cook...and bake.  I'll post photos as soon as I download/upload/whatever you call it load them.  Geez - what started out as fun has really turned into a drag.  Wish I were a patient person, but I'm not.  My husband says - hey, we have to wait.  We do what they tell us to do.  Wish I was that way.  Nope, it might take me forever to decide something, but once I decide, I want it RIGHT NOW.  sigh

Happy End of Summer!