kitchen ideas

i'm going for the two-tone cabinet look in the kitchen.  i hope we aren't being too trendy and that we will still like it in a few years.  jp and i both really like this kitchen and are using that as the basis for our inspiration...

we want to paint the walls navy, the inspiration kitchen is glidden rich navy (#4 below).  but we'll  probably end up with a few different test pots to figure out what looks best in our room.  the ben moore deep royal (#2) looks pretty!

here's a little graphic i threw together for the space...

i think the eat-in portion of the kitchen will get painted a lighter blue (maybe just the palest on the same paint swatch as whatever we choose for the main kitchen walls?)... and i guess i also need to put some thought into textiles for curtains, hand towels, etc.

the kitchen - before

so the first room in the house i'm sharing is the kitchen. here are some before pictures (the furniture, pictures, dishes, etc are not ours):

i plan to paint the cabinets and walls before we move in.  and soon thereafter try a refinishing technique on the laminate countertops and install a new backsplash. i'll share some inspiration ideas next.  you can't really tell in these pictures, but the floor tile is pink.... we are really excited about that (not).  but that is going to stick around for a while unfortunately.

the new house

i'm starting this blog to document the progress as we turn this new house into our home.  not wanting to bog down vera and finley update blogs with house related stuff... i'm starting anew.   this 'blog' will continue in the photo-heavy, few words, picture worth a thousand words style post used on the vera updates blog.  maybe someday i will merge the blogs, and jp will hand over the reigns to finley blog (please please please) and all will fall under one roof on the house of travii.  so stay tuned to see what the future holds for blogging.  maybe i will even use more words at some point in time?  but don't hold your breath :)  

we settle on the house in one week from today!  here are a few pictures of the outside of the house.  inside pictures to follow....

front:

driveway:

back porch (and yard)

swingset!!

shed:

rear deck:

 rear deck (not covered in snow):