Almost Finished!

Good morning! It’s been a couple of week since I last blogged, but I have good news. The kitchen is almost finished!!!! Keith & I were “stuck” up in the mountains for a few extra days a couple of weeks ago, waiting for an HVAC repairman to come fix the furnace. Since we were there longer than anticipated, we were able to finish up the trim in the kitchen and den. And it looks great!

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To trim it out, we used 1×6 to build the inside box and then we used the same MDF trim we had used in the rest of the house for the window. Once it was up and caulked, I gave it two solid coats of semi-gloss paint, which should ensure no water causes problems with the MDF.

And here’s the final look!

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All that is left in the kitchen is the toe kick! And even that won’t be hard. The way the toe kick works with Ikea cabinets is you cut it to length, put “end caps” on it and snap it on to the feet. It will probably take us a couple of hours, so we’ll try to get that done while we’re up there for Thanksgiving.

Once the toe kick is done and we have a little free time, we’ll start on our banquette. It’s the last interior project until we build out the basement. We’ve ordered a cushion for it from Pottery Barn, and we’ll customize the bench around the size of the cushion. I’ve been looking at different styles of banquettes to figure out what we want to do. We’ve decided not to do a storage banquette since we seriously do not need any more storage in the house. Who would ever think you’d say that?!?!? Here are my inspiration pics for our banquette. Let me know your thoughts on them and which one you like best!

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When we got back to Atlanta, I finally got “crafty” with a project for the mountain house. When we remember, we’ve been putting aside corks from our wine bottles and I figured one day I’d make a project with them. I want something to put above our bar cabinet in the mountains, so I made this! It’s still a little skimpy but once I get enough additional corks, I’ll get the hot glue gun back out and make this a little heftier!

And that’s a wrap folks! I’ll blog again in a few weeks. We do have a little something up our sleeve for Christmas, so I’ll be back with that in a few weeks.

Please stay safe and healthy!