House Update 10-5-09

Hayden is so excited for me to share our house update with you. This week our house began to look like a home.



Hayden even got to take his first nap in his new room Sunday afternoon while Mommy and Daddy tiled the kitchen counter top.



This week we got our trim, crown molding, light fixtures, electrical, flooring, and our kitchen counter top is now complete!

A few pictures to share...

Looking from front door into living room, dining area, kitchen area. The blue room you see is the bathroom and the room to the right of the hallway is the master bedroom.







To the left of the hallway is Hayden's room.


This weekend's project was getting our kitchen counter top complete. Again, in an effort to save money, we decided to do it out of tile.

Bar is built and plywood construction is complete...





Backer board (I think that is what you call it) is on...



Trim is on...



We aren't total rookies when it comes to tiling. Jeff and I tiled our floors when we lived in our other house. But, instead of using thin-set to put our tile down with, we decided to be guinea pigs and try out a new product called Simple Mat. This was recommended to us from a gentleman from where else...Home Depot! Basically it comes in like a 18" x 12" (totally guessing on the size) sheet and you cut it to fit. One box did 10 square feet. One sticky side you put down on the counter top and the other has a clear wrapping you peel off when you are ready to put the tile down. Then, you just lay out your tile and stick it on there. SUPER EASY!!! We had a great system! Jeff would make the cuts with the tile saw and I would lay all the tile.

So, here is the finished product minus the grout. Jeff's brother was going to put that on there for us today. We were very proud of ourselves when we finished this project last night!