Have a great day

 Aren't these peonies gorgeous , my brother's wife is always kind enough to share with me some of her beautiful blooms, so so sweet.

 I have been so slowly working on the little details. I wasn't sure how to address the kickplate area in the kitchen. Leave it plain and paint it ? or dress it up , I chose a little of both. I added this little feature to only the sink cabinet.

 Just enough detail for me.

 This entry is tough for me, I'm having trouble deciding how to finish. I was going to go with brick but when I priced it out it seemed a little pricier that I had thought it would be , which lead to to think is this really the right choice , or is there something better. I have come up with anything ....

 Its fine for now but this will not do well for a whole winter , so I have to get it straightened out before then.
I am thinking still the brick, or solid grey slate in a herringbone pattern , or a hex tile??? I'm taking my time. The only thing I know for sure is that I do not want big tiles.

 I don't believe that I showed you how I trimmed out the baking hutch area , it was a standard recessed kickplate so I brought it out to look more like a piece of furniture , I think it turned out well.

 Clean and simple.

 The other little task I have been working on is finishing off the baseboard quarter round , I completed it yesterday , just need to tape it all off and give it all a fresh coat of semi gloss.

Off to tackle some laundry , cleaning , lunches and more little projects. I really need to sand the wood floors in the upper hall and stain those and finish the spindles up there , ugh I don't really want to do those jobs, but I will. Hoping our new ceiling fan arrives today ??? Maybe, we'll see , have a great day.

Morning glory

I have managed to find some curtain rods that I think suit our bedroom , ones that I like the style and color of and that were affordable considering I have 4 bedroom windows. I hung my Ikea linen look drapes after I washed them all and ironed them and hemmed them. Ironing drapes , that is a very time consuming project. 

I lucked out with how well the shades and drapes match they also match the creamy walls.

 I think I will be painting these side tables, the blue is pretty but too much. I am still searching for new lamps , these are too little with this big king sized bed. I am also still looking for a nice duvet cover , I don't have any idea of what I want , I will know when I see it .

I am so thrilled that the grouting is complete, we love the finished product. All I need to do to the kitchen is the kick plate/ baseboard detail. 

 I wanted to deal with this gap between the range and cabinets.

 I built a little filler.

Doesn't this look much better, it's the little details.

 I also needed to deal with this end , it needed some details and I wanted to add a nice base.

 Here is before .

 I finished off the stair trim.

Lots of little details still to tackle.

Art find

I have finally finished the back splash grouting, oh I hate grouting. Its a pain and a kind of never ending messy I don't look forward to dealing with ever again. Sanded grout is a nightmare but since I went with bold grout lines I needed to use sanded grout.
I also finally found a cute piece of art for the kitchen wall. I used two 3M removable hooks to hang it on the tile. Now just to caulk the bottom edge.
I should make some smoothies with those banana's already.