My Sister's Kitchen

My sister's kitchen is officially finished!

It was a lot of work and a lot of fun.

Here are some pictures of the process.

We first did the floor (in the previous post),
then she painted the walls and ceiling.
We removed the doors (I took those home to paint),

added beadboard to the island,

sanded,

primed,

and painted.

We put it all back together today including new hinges and knobs.
They even replaced the hood over the stove
and removed and spray painted the metal lazy susan shelves.

Here are the before and after shots.

 And here are some of the details...

 



Ikea Flooring

I had so much fun watching my kitchen transform

that I've decided to do another one, my sister's!

She's been talking about doing her kitchen floor for a while.

I told her that I wanted to help.

We made a trip to Ikea for some laminate flooring and supplies

and got started.

Here is her floor after she removed the top layer including a subfloor layer.

(She did all the hard work, I showed up for the fun part!)

Look at this lovely linoleum that was in her kitchen when she bought the house

that she had covered up with another layer of vinyl.

Some of the original subfloor had to be replaced so we got to work

with a piece of plywood and a skil saw.

Here is the finished product.

It looks awesome and I've loved hangin' out with my sista!

P.S.  Now that the floor looks so good,

we've decided to paint the cabinets.

That project starts tomorrow!

NY Laundry

My sister-in-law in New York has done it again.

The washer and dryer in her house are downstairs,

but there is a laundry room on the main floor that was used for storage.

Now they want it to be for doing laundry.

Here's what it looked like after they got rid of the flooring...

And here it is now...

Kinda makes me want to do some of my own laundry.

Not really, what it really does is make me wish my husband could do tile!

NY Sister Post

My sister-in-law, Jana, just sent me pictures of her spare bedroom.

She's been wanting to get rid of the blue paint since she moved in.

Look how amazing it looks!

I think I need some paint that color in my house.

Mom's Table

My mom found a table on the online classifieds

and had it delivered to my house so I could fix the top.

 I'm not sure what caused the white spots,

but I took care of them today.

(That's the unsanded leaf on top of the sanded table.)

Andrea's Office

Today I helped a friend with some things in her newly built office.

She's building in the garage and making an office, two bedrooms, and a storage room.

We also went shopping and found a great deal on a futon for the room, too.

 I helped her finish the installation of the cabinets.

(She got hers the same time I got my office cabinets.

80% off at The Restore!)

Then we put the futon together.

This is a project she's been dreaming of for a long time because she works from home

and needed a quiet space to get her work done.

I think it turned out great!

Sister Post - Wreath

Aunt Karla has been busy.

Which means I don't have to do a something (for this blog) today!

And since I need to get this place ready for a Christmas Eve party,

I'll thank her for you!

Every year Karla makes something to decorate the graves of 

our dad, grandparents, and nephew.

Here are the finished products...

Sister Post - Blankets

In October, after the St. George Marathon, we stopped to see my uncle near Cedar City.

He lives on his own little ranch not far off I-15.

It feels like you're in the mountains far away.

Just beautiful!

He built two small cabins for guests to sleep in on the other side of his lake.

Can you see the cabins through the trees?

Here's the inside.

They went and bought these cool beds just before we came.

Aunt Karla and a couple of my boys stayed there overnight.

Karla came home and made these fun blankets for the beds they used.

 I think Uncle Bruce's race horse will approve!

Now I Weigh Me Down To Sleep

I took the 3-year-old girl to an evaluation for an intensive physical therapy program.

The therapist suggested that I look into a weighted blanket

for some sensory input.

I looked online for one and a 5 pound blanket costs $100!

OUCH!

So I just took an old piece of fabric and some wheat from the storage room

and with the help of my sister and her sewing machines,

I made my own!

FOR FREE!
We'll be trying to keep it clean since it wouldn't last long in the washer!
;-)

Christmas Food

I suggested to my mom that she give her kids

and married grandkids food storage for Christmas.

I thought it was a great idea...and so did she!

With the help of two sisters and a nephew

we canned 87 cans of food at the dry pack cannery.

 Now I know what I'm getting for Christmas.

And so do you if you're my sibling, niece, or nephew and you read this blog!

Act surprised, okay?

New York Scrappin'

I went to New York to visit my sister-in-law,

but also went to do today's something.

She has an AMAZING scrapbook room.
It's like a scrapbook store!
Seriously!

We rearranged the furniture and empied tens of boxes.

Look how good it looks now.
Before...

After...

Before...

After...

Another angle...

(The desk is covered with scrapbooking embellishments.

She has a rotating rack from a store that holds some of them.

You can see it on the second picture.

She probably has enough to fill ten of these so

I suggested a 4'x8' sheet of slat wall with hooks and a builder's frame.

It would take up the wall behind the black paper racks.

I can't wait to post the finished pictures of that one!

Better get busy, Jana!  Doesn't she have a cool name?)

This is her stamp collection that I organized late one night.

They're two hours ahead so I wasn't tired yet!

Pretty cool, eh?

I promised not to post her address or even her city

because I'm sure that you want to go steal something or everything!

And to the rest of my sisters, yes, I'll be happy to help you with your first blog post, too!

I'll even fly to New York to do it, but only if you live there!

;-)

New York Decor

Sorry for the delay on the next two posts,

BUT

I've been visiting my sister-in-law in New York!!!

I sure didn't let that stop me from doing a couple of projects while I was there.

She has a great house in a great neighborhood.

With all the trees, it felt like we were in a cabin in the mountains.

Today, we hung a few pictures that she's been wanting up on her walls.

Here they are...

(Forgot the before picture here and wasn't willing to take it back down! ;-))

Mirror, Mirror

While my sister, Karla, was at Saver's finding things for me to paint,

she found this cute little mirror for the 3-year-old girl's room.

I painted it to match the furniture I painted last month.

I like how the wood grain shows through.