Laundry Counters

This week we built something that Luke really didn't want to build: the laundry room counters. I know it's just a laundry room but I really wanted butcher block counters. I love they way they look with white cabinets and this room is going to have plenty of white cabinetry going on. But butcher block was out of our price range. Luke wanted to buy a 10' preformed laminate countertop and just trim it to fit.

There was nothing wrong with the laminate, it just wasn't what I wanted. But Luke was swayed by the fact that we would save $100 by making our own counters instead of the laminate. We started with this pile of oak flooring leftover from the back two bedrooms.

Because it has a beveled edge it does not match the original oak floors so I can't use it in our kitchen remodel. But there's no reason to let it go to waste. We ran it all through the planer then glued and clamped all the pieces into one large board. Luke spent hours sanding it down until everything was smooth (he would love to have a big planer than could handle a 24" board.

While he was out of town I stained it with a walnut finish

And sealed it. When Luke got back for the weekend we finally installed the sink base cabinet and set the counter in place.

After the sink was installed we could finally move the washer and dryer back in. Hurray for clean clothes!

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Our New House - It Might Just Be Home

I recently announced that we had sold our home in Helena and will be moving to my hometown in July. We did some house-hunting over Easter weekend and I'm please to report success. We are in the process of buying our latest home: I know you can't see it well behind the trees. I'm so excited to have actual trees on the property. The house itself is nestled against the base of a hill which will block our views of the sunset but the east-facing front porch should offer some wonderful sunrises. And here's a sneak peek of our view. I won't be posting any more photos until we've actually closed on the house. Closing is still two months away and a lot could change before then. Still, I look forward to sharing our latest project.

Sold

We sold our house last week. This may come as a surprise since the house wasn't even for sale. We weren't planning to move. Everything in the house was designed with the idea that we would be living here for years. But sometimes God makes it abundantly clear that He has other plans. In the course of just a few days Luke was offered a chance to move to his company branch in my hometown and we met a family looking for a house in our neighborhood. And now our house is under contract. Closing is scheduled for mid-July so I will have a little time to recover from having the baby, but until she arrives I've been packing up all our non-essentials. We have already started looking for our next home; maybe it will be a home we get to enjoy for decades. We'll just have to wait and see.

_________ & After Pictures

I might be homeless, but that doesn't stop me from remodeling. This week I am giving my parents a reprieve from the mess of remodeling and am working for my grandparents in Missoula. They have spoiled me rotten just because I'm the only granddaughter, so it has been really gratifying to be able to do something for them. My grandparents were having a problem with water from the sink and grease from the oven getting on the walls. Tile solved those problems while dressing up the walls. We found some we liked at Lowe's yesterday and by this afternoon it was installed and grouted. I am kicking myself for not taking any before pictures of what I have been doing the past two days. Here is a picture of the kitchen taken about a year ago. Notice the wall behind my cousin. I really like how this turned out. I might just have to use tile like this in my next house.

From Hovel to Home

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