Author: anne

Wow! I did not realize it had been so long since I had posted on my blog!There has been lots of progress on the house – in fact we are on the downhill side now that the exterior is nearly finished. The roof was completed last week, the final window went in Thursday so the Read More …

Today we went in to check out a sale at Sears and ended up buying most of our appliances. The winners are: Kenmore Elite All Refrigerator and All Freezer pair. They are the same as the Frigidaire Twins, just rebranded for Sears. Frigidaire 27 in. Electric Single Self-Clean Convection Wall Oven. This model has a Read More …

I’ve revised the plan for the “Prep” wall in the kitchen. Mostly I changed the upper cabinets and the drawers in the cabinet that will hold all the flatware. I’ve started a new kitchen blog over on the IkeaFans Forum since my kitchen is all Ikea cabinets and the people over there will be interested Read More …

First day of excavating – March 29, 2007 Second day of excavating – March 30, 2007 First day of concrete forms – April 3, 2007 Another shot of the forms on the same day.

Here is the kitchen plan – some of the cabinets are a little off in their locations. This was done with the Ikea Kitchen Planner which is very buggy and not easy to use. This is the wall to the left as you are looking at the kitchen, then the sink wall at the end, Read More …

Here are the final versions of the house plans – before changes: Changes are: Add framed 3’0″W x 6’8″T doorway into kitchen at foot of stairs as close to exterior wall as possible (This is actually so I can put a built in cabinet to use the dead space in the corner that will face Read More …

Now I’m chosing lighting. Most of the house is fairly simple – I know what I want and have picked out nice looking fixtures that are reasonably econmical. But the formal living/dining room needs some special treatment. Here is the layout with the fixtures we’re thinking about marked.The door to the left is the front Read More …