You Must Have Vision...

Being that my Mom and I are creative people, when we saw the inside of the house our brains started going a mile a minute with ideas on cool things to do.  Before when I purchased a new house in Vegas I was given options for what I wanted to do, but they were preset and any further upgrades would have resulted in over pricing the house for the neighborhood.  So now, yes there would be options that would over price the house, but my choices within what are reasonable are much more vast with buying an old house.

Lets talk about the kitchen...here's what it was in the beginning:

OMG what a mess!!!  I will never understand what people possibly do to get so much grime.  Any of you who know me or have lived with me know I don't play when it comes to being clean.  So you can see the back door (on the left) that we closed in.  All the cabinets had been removed - good I don't want someone's old nasty cabinets!!

What's going on with this color? A little strong I'd say!  So yeah all the flooring had to be pulled up and the walls fixed and painted.  Here's where we are now:

This is the wall area where the door was...you can see they pulled up the flooring to reveal the hardwood...the white stuff on it is dust from sanding the walls.  The alcove on the left is where the fridge will go.

Walls have been fixed.  The almond color on the walls is what the final color will be but they painted it originally in a flat color and I asked them to finish in a semi-gloss.  This wall from left to right will be drawers, dishwasher, cabinet with sink, stove/microwave.  In front of that we will have an island with another set of drawers and smaller cabinet.  The island countertop will have a small overhang so that we can put a stool under it to eat.

We purchased unfinished cabinets to save some money and to have a bit of fun as well.  Before they can be painted (white) they have to be sanded.  Safety first...must wear goggles and mask.  We had plastic up against the other room because they were sanding the ceiling and we didn't want the cabinets to get all dusty(er) again.

Oops...got a little crazy with the hammer...I hammered my thumb.  You wouldn't believe how long it bled you would have thought I was dying!!  We can't finish the kitchen (put in the cabinets) until the plumbing has been inspected.  The cabinets can be painted after they are installed so we have primed them but we aren't in a rush to paint.  Also we just ordered the countertop for the wall space and that takes three weeks to get here so we are looking at the end of the year, first couple weeks in January anyway until we can really use the kitchen.  We will probably move in before then since we will have a sink in the basement and the bathrooms will be done by then.  But then again...we can't move in until we have a certificate of occupancy so who know when that will be LOL Pray for us!!!