Ack, sorry it’s been so very long since the last post. I blame it on this little one 
It’s pretty darn hard to get anything done around here when there is so much cuteness demanding all of my attention! Zoey is almost 6 months old…
We love our new original art piece by Misha Blaise
Despite all the distracting cuteness, we have actually gotten a few things done at the house…one major thing – railings! It look a lot of research to figure out what we wanted to do with the railings and then to find someone to actually build them for us. Originally, we were going to sort of “reuse” our old railings and just remove parts and add parts to make them a little more modern…however, that didn’t work out so well and it turned out to be just as cost effective to build new ones (and they look a lot prettier). Thanks to Spillar Custom Hitches who did the fabrication of the railings based on Mike’s measurements and drawings. They were great to work with, and quick to boot.
Views from the entry looking into the house. Here is the entry when we started demo…
Here is the entry area about 9 months ago…
We’ve made a few adjustments to the dining area also…haven’t quite figured out the final arrangement yet but this is what we have for now. I recently painted the occassional chairs and I really like how they turned out.
chairs before…
Here is a shot of what you see in our entry.
We also recently worked on a little art display project for our hallway…we wanted a way to display art prints, holiday cards, and eventually Zoey’s artwork in a cool, modern way. So, we took a remnant piece of walnut from the kitchen remodel, had it sprayed with a sealer and semigloss finish, and then mounted it on the wall. Then, we added some little clips spaced apart so that we can easily add or take away whatever we are displaying.
We added curtains and a new side table to the guest bedroom…
The guest bathroom is still a work in progress but we have partially installed the ikea floating sink cabinet, we installed a carrera marble countertop remnant, and are almost ready to hook up our sink and faucet. It’s come a long way from this…
to this…
The hallway bathroom is almost done! The only things left are to install a light above the sink mirror, and hook up the plumbing to the sink and faucet. My dad made the zebrawood floating vanity for us. Mirror from Ikea, sink from ebay…tile for flooring and shower surround from Architerra here in Austin.
Here is a before shot:
and now!
Love the art in our bathroom, original art by Jeff Swanson
Downstairs den 8/2008
Downstairs den 12/2008
Downstairs den now
stairs 8/2008
stairs now
Our master bedroom is still a MAJOR work in progress, but I’m finally happy with where we are with it, for now…I still want to do something with the wall behind the bed, as well as we are in need of some missing trim and not sure about the concrete flooring…
master bedroom 8/2008
now
I’m just a little obsessed with my bedside table lamp…found at homegoods for $40!
8/2008
That’s all for now…hopefully soon we’ll have some more updates once the hole in the wall in the kitchen is built out into some cute wine storage/display area…
