It's all about the little things

Sarah Richardson look alike

Is this not the funniest thing you have ever seen??

My staff framed this photo and gave it to me on my birthday last week. If you know anything about Sarah Richardson the famous Canadian Designer, you will know that this is a promotion for her new show. And the good looking fellow to the right is Tommy, her right hand gay man.

I honestly laughed for 5 minutes straight when they presented it to me.

Makes me want to lose 30 pounds and buy Stoph an extra tight white dress shirt and some black rimmed glasses:)

Luv my staff!!!!

Counter tops

These are just cell phone pictures but it gives a good idea of how it is all coming together.

I absolutely love that Pheobe is in almost every renovation picture I post. You'd think she was trying to get credit for all of Stoph's hard work or something:)

Cabinets

I realized when I looked back on what I blogged about the reno and what I didn't, I realized I had forgotten to post the cabinetry. Kind of important right?

I was actually out of town in Chicago for business when the cabinets were being installed but Stoph did an excellent job managing the crew from Stillwater designs. They specialize in installing IKEA cabinetry and they did a great job.

Stoph sent me play by play cell phone pictures every day which was great. Getting the cabinetry was the piece of the puzzle that made the biggest difference for me in feeling that we might finally finnish this thing one of these days:)

The counter top is in and Stoph is installing the appliances this week. We are nearing to the end.

It feels good.

Windows

I can't say enough about Fieldstone Windows. They did a fantastic job installing our two main floor windows.

This is what they looked like before:

Scott and Ken worked a full 12 hour day in the pouring rain!

Who knew window installation was that involved??

And this is what they look like now:

Stoph still has to trim them out, but other than that, we are good to go. Feels nice to finally be able to see out into the backyard again. There is so much light in the main floor now. Love it!

Faucets

Which one would you choose?