One final piece of flooring in the upper left corner that was overlooked during the previous flooring work days. Small piece had to be cut, then ripped, and nailed in with nail gun. Refer to Kitchen Renovation posts, to see what the floor used to look like.
Eventually, our hope is to add a nice big breakfast/ eating island to the center of the kitchen, and move the table and chairs to our dining room. In the meantime, we have a spacious dance floor!
2) Installed the bull nose trim and wood flooring on the landing of the stairs
For the past 8 months, we've been walking on a cardboard covered landing. Another project checked off the long list. We still have to fill nail holes and touch up stain and add some trim. We had to purchase unfinished Red Oak tongue and groove flooring to finish the landing. It's stained with 3 coats of Provincial Miniwax stain and finished with 3 coats of polyurethane.
3) Installed the trim and sill for the kitchen window
During the kitchen renovation, we discovered that this wall was not straight; it has a slight lean outward. Somewhat concerning, however considering the house has be around since 1860 we just went with it. It order to prepare the walls for upper cabinets, the wall had to be leveled. Refer to step by step kitchen renovation post for photos. Leveling the wall, also meant deepening this window & sill. Finally trimmed & 1st coat painted- it makes a world of difference in the feeling of almost finished with this kitchen.
4) Installed shelf brackets for open shelves in kitchen- It took me a while to finally decide on shelf brackets for these open shelves in our kitchen. I found these particular brackets on Etsy. Our hope is to get our hands on some barn wood boards for the shelves, however, in the meantime we are using some of the pine panels taken down during the renovation. Surprisingly, they the stained pine looks decent enough! It's amazing to have the extra storage space and be able to clear off the counter tops down below. With the open shelving finally installed, the kitchen is looking more and more like the "farmhouse kitchen" we had imagined so many months ago.
With a handful of half finished projects finally completed, the Laird and I are feeling encouraged! There's still more to do, but the original Project List is dwindling down and the house is looking more and more like a house (instead of a construction zone).
Current projects in the works: Hanging coat/ robe racks for the closet, entryway & bedroom. Tongue and groove barn-styled plank door for lady genevieve's bedroom. And the garden is in full force, so there is more to update there as well. Look forward to the posts to come!
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