Jesse didn't think we gave you all a good enough look at our pendant lights last time. Here they are again for your viewing pleasure.
We used to have a pretty ugly door coming into the house. We had bought a new one quite some time ago but it took us a while before we were able to install it. It turns out that it was a harder job than we had originally thought (if there's a theme to this blog, that's it!) -- but Jesse ended up doing an absolutely wonderful job on it. He had to cut out around the door, as it wasn't a big enough opening for the new one. Then he had to fill back in where he had measured incorrectly... Generally, doors come with a crappy metal threshold -- this was not good enough for Jesse so he constructed a BEAUTIFUL oak (to match our floors) threshold. I had never even thought about thresholds...but I'm sure glad he did!
Below is the old door and the hole that didn't quite fit our new door.
Here's our new door waiting to be put into its rightful place.
And finally, our front door!!! It's made out little house a lot brighter. It's not painted yet -- it will eventually be a glossy white (hopefully soon!) You can see the threshold down there at the bottom.
NOW...what to do with that old door. It looked pretty crappy, right? But it was Mahogany veneer...maybe it could be cleaned up? And we really do need a desk...they've been asking for those tables we borrowed back at work... Aha! We'll make the old door into a desk for our office! And I know just the person to tackle the job!
He really did a great job -- I didn't even recognize the door when I came home. I had gone off to procure us some legs for the table. The legs are a bit kooky -- but so are we. Even Jesse warmed up to them in the end. If you click on the picture you'll get a much better view.
Our cabinet doors are almost finished. We've got the panels and the fillers all done and ready to install but those doors have been giving us a heck of a time. Mistakes were made, tempers flared, but hopefully we'll have them installed in the next week or two. Below is a close-up of one of the finished panels. Everything is Maple and we finished it with tinted finish with an airless paint sprayer.
As I told you earlier -- we just got back from the slab yard. We forgot to take pictures of the granite we chose but I found one on the internet that looks pretty similar. As always, it cost double what we had budgeted but that just means that Jesse and I are giving each other the counter top for Christmas (and our next few birthdays...)! It's a variation on Ubatuba called 'Peacock' -- it's going to look beautiful in our kitchen! They come and measure on Monday and it will be installed by Saturday at the latest! If you're in the market, we ended up going with Amazonia, Inc. - they were fair and helpful, which is what we look for in companies to whom we will be gifting with our arms and legs.
That's it! You may also notice a new picture of Jesse and I over there on the right hand side of the page. It was taken at Pat and Jenny McAnany's wedding.
Cheers!
PS: My sister, Meshion, is in the process of buying a house. You can check out all of her ups and downs over at Meshiandthehouse.blogspot.com
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