Project Update

Been a little lax in my blogging world, but with a newly minted two year old, a 37 week pregnant baby belly, a fully blown kitchen/living room renovation on the go, all of my wonderful gardens, plus two of my favourite house guests visiting, it's a little busy (to say the least).

More on each of these topics... but first, a state of the union before we started our newest (and largest project) since the basement renovation.

D finished tiling the upstairs bathroom, much to this pregnant lady's delight - as now the bathtub was back in order, and the slate is looking amazing.

The living room has been our "go-to" room for any room that needed to move into another room for quite sometime. With the addition of insulation, it has been the same for a while, and we slowly chipped away progress on it.

Starting to drywall (May 2013)

Here is a couple of reincarnations of our living room thus far:

Living Room (2010):

Bedroom (2011):

Disaster/Deconstruction (2012):

Kitchen (2013):

As much as the living room has changed, the kitchen has pretty much stayed the same except for small organizational changes in the drawers and cupboards.

2010:

Before we started (2013):

The new kitchen design capitalizes on the L shape of our kitchen, and I am excited for the many pantries as well as the increased functionality of the work triangle and more counter space.

We are on a short project deadline with expecting baby #2 on July 4. Some families wouldn't embark on such a large project with that deadline looming itself,  but all of the pieces we needed to get this piece of the project moving quickly fell into place perfectly, so we couldn't resist trying to make it happen.

The cabinetry we ordered is suppose to be delivered on the week of June 24, so fingers crossed it's on time or early as we're not sure what will make it first to Edmonton - baby or cabinets.

Living Room Destruction

Thanks to some timely family help, we went from this....

...to this...

...in a matter of days.

This may not seem like progress, but it certainly is in our world.

So, now we get to dream about built-in units for the far wall. Originally we wanted to put in a gas fireplace but lately we've been thinking maybe the living room would function more as a family room/den/playroom which means what we really need is more storage.

To Pinterest for the win....or a couple of ideas....

 

Have always wanted a library ladder. How cool would that be? I also like the drawers on this one - would be great for hiding toys.

 

Not only is their unit kicking, their blog is amazing.

Here's what we need in what we design or build (or both):
1. Room for a second TV (this is still a highly debated request)
2. Storage for toys & books
3. Cupboards or drawers that will shut (aka you can't see what's in them)

In the meantime, we start designing our own. I wrestled with the IKEA builder, their free planning tools are pretty awesome for visual people like I am. Will let you know what I come up with!