New rooms

Some of you may have seen on my Flickr accnt or on Facebook my post on our 'new kitchen. As you know we live in a basement apartment. We share a home with Chris' sister, she lives upstairs and we live downstairs. Each with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms (well we have 1), we do (now) have a full kitchen and living room and sometime in the next year we will have an addition built on the back of the house with 2 more bedrooms each (top and bottom) with 1 bathroom each. Then we will have a TON of space! By living together we both save a TON of money and it allows me to stay home with the girls. Both of our spaces are nearly completely private and we each have our own driveways and entrances, which makes it great.

Up until about a month ago we had an apartment kitchen, a stove half the normal size as well as the refrigerator. The sink was also very small..and I had not much counter space or cabinets on the walls. We saved a bit of money and had a huge yard sale, then used that money to buy some gently used cabinets at a reuse center on the west side of Cincinnati. If you ever have the chance to visit it and enjoy bargain shopping this is the place for you..it's pretty awsome. Anyway we initially planned on just getting cabinets but then realized it would be nice and inexpensive to also get a used stove and dishwasher. (the fridge was given to us by my parents when they got a new one, thanks!). I painted the cabinets as you can see, white. They don't all match completely in style but they are all really close, I painted them white due to the small space and to make them look more uniform.

We found some counter tops we loved at Ikea, the backsplash also came from there..as well as the floor and lighting!

Oh did I mention the deal on the dishwasher? We bought it from a small business near downtown for $50, nearly brand spanking new...they barely used it. It still had the plastic film over the buttons on the front.

New deep sink! LOVE IT. I actually don't mind hand washing the dishes!

And our lovely floors! They are darker in person, the color is dark maple oak I believe..

This past week we also got new carpet in our family room, we shopped and shopped for the best deal..and while we found a great deal, it was a bit frustrating to deal with the people from who we bought it. (sorry for the runon sentence) We also painted the room 'Lion' green, a Behr color..in Glidden paint! -Because I like it so much better, and it's cheaper!

Here are some pictures of the living room..before and after