Building Built-ins

Here are some photos of the breakfast nook area that Greg worked on this week. He was on a mission to finish before leaving town this weekend and did it all. Nice work G!


This is leftover soapstone we had from our kitchen countertop. We're making a built-in desk area off of the kitchen and using some of this for the desk top. Soapstone was not as easy to work with as we thought it would be (and so very messy to cut) but we are definitely happy with the finished product.

I haven't been very hands on these days, but am getting pretty good at shopping for the things we need. Right now I'm working on finally getting something up in our windows- and there are a lot of them. At least I know the neighbors will be happy.

Life After the Holidays

Well, the holiday festivities have come to a close. So much fun seeing our friends and families, eating lots of good food and taking some much needed time off, but now it's back to work.

Our house has become a construction zone once again. Greg started on the built-ins this past week. He's building a window bench in our dining room, a kitchen nook and a desk area off of the kitchen. Here are some photos of his work in progress...

We picked out some fabric today and are having a bench cushion made.

Believe it or not, we haven't had to turn on the heat yet this year. Greg has kept that fire burning non-stop.

We found out right before Christmas that we won the contest I had entered at Repair Home!! Thanks for voting for us! We are looking forward to spending our prize money on future projects- and there are many, many more.