Kitchen in the making..

The kitchen came as a surprise - it was not in the plan...well not in the plan a month ago. I just happened to be cruising craigslist after Jason and I had yet another talk about the kitchen its design, the budget, blah, blah, blah.  I had always felt deep down that going and buying a kitchen (even a semi-inexpensive in stock at a home improvement store) would be "cheap".  Not meaning cost wise - or quality wise.  It was just that in my mind we had done this amazing job of repurposing, yard sale finding, habitat shopping and down right dumpster diving for deals.  How could I "buy" something.



 

I came across this post.

 

The post was several days old, I thought for sure they would be gone. I sent the email and waited - to my delight the owner responded the next morning that they were still available - one day later they were in our garage! 

It  is the steal of the century (or at least we think so). We got 20+ cabinets, granite counter tops, sink, garbage disposal, refrigerator, wall oven and wall microwave.

SCORE. SCORE. SCORE

 

The only problem (well for Jason anyways), semi-redesigned the kitchen. Since the granite was obviously already cut for the previous configuration we had to stay pretty much the same. That meant extending the floor, building out a wall, adding a wall and moving the half wall.  Oh how Jason loves me. Ha.

 

The kitchen use to look like this....sorry for the birthday party photo but it was the quickest one I could find of what it use to look like..

 

Basically the wall use to come straight out and then a straight half wall. The kitchen before was pretty square. We use to have ikea cabinets hanging in front (see below).

 

 

 Now it looks like this...

 

 

 It is kind of hard to tell here, but the half wall got a little shorter and it angles back..also the wall coming out is longer and angled. See below for the "in-progress" photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also I will not apologize for the photos, this Garome is being loved and lived in while the WHOLE process is happening. 

We still have alot to do but I feel so lucky to have a "real" kitchen again. We lived out of storage containers for a whole year.  My only counter top during that whole time was a piece of plywood covered in contact paper. 

Update on C1 & C2 room

Wow time flies, I haven't done an offical blog post since February! Life just gets busy sometimes and there aren't enough hours in the day to do it all. I am NOT superwoman  - though sometimes I pretend that I am.

Anyways lets spend some time catching up where we are right now.  We have done alot in the last 7 months, especially the last month, when I did something crazy - like bought a whole kitchen off of craigslist.  

Today I will catch you up with where we are in the boys room.   Lots of pictures  - face it everyone wants to see not hear about.

Arrow stencil, if you follow the Garome on facebook you might remember this.

This is Carson's bed  - the boys call their "headboards/cubes" their holes. Ha.  This is also the access ladder for the 2nd story loft.

Again Carson's side of the room.

Cooper's side of the room.  He has a "hole" too. Ha.

 

 

Ceiling over the boys sleeping area. It was wall papered with map wallpaper. The oars are actually a find from the pole building before it become the Garome. I just love that.

Upper loft area or play area. 

Other side of loft, where the trap door opens up.

Looking into the room  - loft railing.

Close up of loft railing.

Welcome our new addition - Kevin

Welcome our new addition – Kevin the Moose…..

 

 

Seriously you guys didn’t think I was pregnant did you?!?  

I have wanted one of these guys or one similar for a LONG time. I think they are just great!  This is a good compromise for us – Jason being the hunter and me being the “I will never hang a (dead) animal in my home.” 

I spent months searching the internet for an inexpensive one.  One that wouldn't bust my very small budget. I really wasn’t stuck on any particular animal.  So I found some here.  Then I started searching for a DIY version and came across this website, The Aspirational Hipster - SCORE!   This allowed me to see how someone else DIY'd and provided where they bought the moose.  So over to Ebay I went and made the purchase!!  Once it arrived Jason spray painted, waited for it to dry and spray painted some more! Then....he found his home!

 

So, Kevin is the new addition to our family and will great all vistors that come to visit the Garome!