This is our new kitchen ceiling complete with recessed lighting. 15 watt led bulbs. Also crown molding accented to match the kitchen cabinets. Labor was by Jon Jones and Dean & Rosalind Robbins.
Jon helped do some of the demo right after Christmas and Dean & Rosalind took over from there. Much of the painting was done by Rosalind.

Here is the floor around the bar looking east. You can see how we took it to the other side of the office door from where it used to be. You can also see that we used about a 3" tall piece of tile for the base all around the tiled areas. This was a suggestion by Vern of Albany Cabinet. They did the work. He was right. It looks very sharp.

Here is a shot of the floor around the bar. We widened it and no longer have a metal strip. The carpet and the tile are about the same height. We also did a 45 degree angle instead of the rounded look at the corner.

Here is our new tiled kitchen floor. We put the tile on a 45 degree angle to the room. Looks very nice.

This is our new tiled entry way. It is very cool. Both types of cool. ha ha These tiles are smaller than the ones in the kitchen. Vern also decided to use a little darker tile boarder. The tiles used for baseboard in the kitchen and laundry room are also the darker ones.

We will be putting down new counter tops next week. Woohoo!!

Little Cousins

Logan and I had a nice little trip to CA this past week. Garrick made good progress on his dissertation while we were gone, and Logan loved having his cousins to play with. In fact, in the 20 or so hours since we've been home, Logan has asked to go to Evan's house at least 20 times. He just doesn't quite get that it is so far away.

That reminds me...Garrick's older brother and his family will be moving to UT this summer. We're excited to have them much closer and want to let you all know that we'd love to have even more family living in UT. Anyone? Anyone?

Well, I'm not much in the writing mood right now, but I did want to post these pictures. So, this is short, but hopefully sweet.