Getting closer!

Well the counter top and crown mouldings are installed.  Take a look at the breakfast bar I am building over the railing.  I am working on the legs to finish it off.  When you sit at the bar you have a great view of the lake.  The tile on the back splash is just about done also!  I ran out of grout!  Normally you always have lots of grout left over.  I thought I was going to run out of tile too.  The store gave me two boxes of the wrong coloured tile.  Believe it or not I just had enough to do the job with not even one tile to spare.  The installation was easy but the grout was a nightmare!  Although I applied three coats of sealer on the travertine tile, the tile soaked up the grout something awful. I called Dyann and Howard in despair and Diane remembered having the same problem.  She went to the basement and found a bottle of film solution and told me over the phone what to buy.  I jumped in my truck and went to Home Hardware.  Low and behold they had that exact product.  It worked like a charm.  Thanks Dyann!  Howard, you are a lucky man!  The last picture is a before shot. 

Kitchen reno - should have done this in the winter!

Well, I am finally tackling the kitchen cupboards.  In with the new maple cabinets and out with the old white ones.  I ordered my counter top and got my tile.  I kinda like the lighting system I built over the window!  :)  I used the small LED lights.   They are expensive but they only use one watt per light; they don't get hot like hallogens and they are suppose to last 100,000 hours!
Can't wait to finish up the kitchen so I can start working outside. Need to find a couple of steel barrels for burning brush!  Hard to find these days!  Howard mentioned that I could pull a drum out of an old dryer.  Good idea!  I went to the dump and they just cleared out all of the old appliances.  I guess I will keep looking!