What we have been up to...

The last week has kept us busy! We had family in town for the Holiday and more house work to cross off our list. Here are a bunch of pictures to show you what we have been up to!

Baking Biscotti

Baking Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Middle Bedroom getting ready for Dry Wall

Great Fun!

Merry Christmas!

Prep

Our Back Splash!!

Freshly painted ceiling!

Bye Bye Jabong Tree

Lunch break for Rush at our surf break :-)

Now we are off to keep working on the house...Check back soon for more pictures!

Another almost complete room

Our shower is complete except for a door/curtain! After watching one too many home improvement shows, I decided I wanted subway tile in our shower. I've never tiled before so I had no idea how time consuming it was going to be! I was definitely surprised! I was able to get about half way finished, but because of time, we had a friend come over and help finish it.

An Almost Complete Kitchen

Looking into the kitchen

Awesome sliding shelves in pantry

Sliding spice rack

Glass Cabinet

Our farmhouse sink...Thanks Ween for flying it out for us :)

The dishwasher will have a custom panel like the cabinets.

Pot and Pan drawers. They are huge!

Rubbish and Recycling, plus the wine rack!

The bar...and beautiful flowers from Rush :)

If you know me, you would know the kitchen remodel has been the most important to me. I love spending time cooking and baking! Plus, it always seems like people end up hanging around in the kitchen during get-togethers. Our kitchen is definitely small, but with the design and layout it doesn't seem so tiny. It opens up directly to the living room and built in bench kitchen nook. (Rush is currently painting the bench so I'll post pictures when it's complete)

Sneak Peek -- Bathroom

Yesterday was a big day for us! Every time we walk in the house and look around, you can definitely see all the changes and start seeing an almost finished home. This renovation has kept us very busy, but we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This weekend we will be finishing up our bathroom but here is a sneak peak of what was installed yesterday. 

BEFORE and AFTER:

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The first vanity came with the house so we knew we were definitely getting rid of that! Once I learned how to really use power tools, I decided I wanted to start building furniture. Thanks to www.ana-white.com, I built the vanity bottom. The only problem after that was trying to figure out what to put on top! Luckily, our friend Josh that did our amazing concrete countertops (www.concreteperspectives.com) came to the rescue. Once the bathroom is complete I'll post the final pictures. 

The long awaited Chocolate Chip Banana Pancakes

For those of you that know Rush, you understand his need for chocolate chip banana pancakes. Of course it has been a little difficult to have a big variety of meals because of the house being renovated. This past weekend we finally were able to put boxes away and use our range! Rush couldn't wait for his pancakes!

New Progress

Our rustic header finished by Rush from old redwood pieces purchased at Re-Use Hawaii

Newly painted wall

Hallway is complete!

The kitchen! Obviously not complete but a lot of progress was made in the last two days

The range installed! If you look at the pantry, you can see I'm finally putting stuff away!

For those of you that are keeping up with our renovations, we are finally making progress! Our bedroom has been completed except for closet doors, the guest room is waiting on a little trim work, our living room needs a few painted walls and furniture, and the kitchen is waiting on a few more doors! The list seems to be getting smaller and smaller. For all of our friends and family that want to see the new progress, I've attached some photos. The house is a disaster so as things get cleaner, I'll post more pictures!

This 4 day weekend has really given us time to get things done.  We have even had time for a surf or run which makes us much happier! Check out the photos above/below of our new progress!

Painting our bedroom door

Our deck and new car in the back ground!

Turkey Day 2010

The day started off amazing and kept getting better! I somehow talked Rush into doing our own little turkey trot! Of course I didn't tell him we would be running for about 5 miles so after mile 3 I think he was ready to be done, but he stuck it out! After returning from our run, we were able to get our new range installed and hooked up only to find we were out of propane. Oh well, at least it looks nice in the kitchen!

This is our third Thanksgiving on island and our first together being married. Rush was flying last year so it was really nice to have him home this year. We always go to our friends house (Burt and Laura) and enjoyed the day surfing and eating. It was a beautiful day and we were so lucky to be with good friends. Here are a few pictures from the day!

Afternoon Rainbow

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our dinner table that Burt and the kids help decorate. They painted a little picture for Thanksgiving