Kitchen Renovations

BEFORE

As you can see in this picture above, Bjorn just removed the bar and is about to cut it down for a peninsula counter.

Did you notice the outlets? Bjorn had to relocate those outlet boxes to pillars. He did an AMAZING JOB and the electrician came out to inspect and said that Bjorn did good work!

This wall previously had 4x4 white ceramic tiles. Bjorn had to demo it.

Bjorn and our friend, Nate, working on installing the apron sink, retrofitting the base sink cabinet, and plumbing. A BIG thanks to Nate for all his pushes, nudges and kicks

(and of course, his tools)!

A "before" look of the piping jungle underneath the sink!

AFTER

The best sink ever! I highly recommend it!

Didn't Bjorn do an amazing job?? For those of you wondering, we had to relocate the disposer because the sink is a single bowl with a rear right drain.

We will be tiling the columns...

After many requests, I am finally putting up pictures of our kitchen renovation despite the fact that it is not complete yet. We have our copper apron sink in, the granite installed and the walls painted. The only thing left to do is tile the back splash. We will be doing that at the end of the month so that we can take a breather! So when the kitchen is completely complete, I will post pictures.

Nap Time!

The last few weeks of school for Audriana is becoming routine and she has no problems with me leaving her with her teachers anymore. From her teacher's reports, she excels at eating her hot lunch (every last morsel) :) But in all seriousness, they do learn shapes, colors, familiarity with numbers and letters, and of course, socialization. She's already got artwork displayed on our fridge!

Because of the long day (4 hours as opposed to 3 hours to other nursery schools), Audriana's class is implementing quiet time during the very last part of the day. As such, she needs a nap mat. Unfortunately, Target and Walmart have sold out on all of their nap mats and will not be replenishing their supplies till the next school year. So, what is a mom like me to do? Make one, of course (even if sewing is not strong suit)! Below you will see my rather elaborate nap mat that I made for Audriana during the kids' nap time on Wednesday. It got out of control...

Unfortunately, just like her lunch bag, this nap mat is also much bigger than Audriana!

The mat comes with a pillow and blanket...

...that are attached, of course.

A sturdy strap for easy transport (please pretend you don't see the background...we are renovating our kitchen).

And it rolls up tidy and secure.