Well..there it is, the almost finished product. This little bitty house was built in 1938 and has 1 bath and 3 bedrooms (not quite sure about that because our room didn't have a closet). When I meet people from our community, they always say, "Oh, Aunt Lois' place!"..I'm thinking Aunt Lois never had 3 kids..she may never have been married, I don't know. What i do know is we had to maximize storage and a feeling of openness so that our little wonderful family could grow up until God moves us on to a different house (without strangling each other). I think we accomplished our goal, and now it's an ongoing goal with us in every room of the house. Thanks to Handyman Ron and his Beautiful Assistant Brittany!

As far as style goes, I've never been one much for the more modern, but I am learning that sometimes reducing things down and clean lines helps make the place feel more orderly. TGD, i went ahead and bought those stained-glass panels I found at TJMAXX although the greens don't exactly match the walls and tile, the size, shapes, and lines were just what I was looking for...I'll be,OOps..DeerHunter will be hanging those babies up for me when he gets back in town...30 bucks a pop sure beats in excess of 200 for a true antique!

My favorite things about the kitchen-

*room for the kids to help cook

*the old sink we saved for 2 years until we could afford the remodel

*having my books all in one place

I think Aunt Lois would be proud of the results even though we never met...although she may not approve of the thing that was supposed to be a cake that came out my oven this morning!