Home Sweet Home

There is nothing better than waking up in your own bed, with a day filled with nothing to do... well, except the ever-growing "to-do" list, but no work, no meetings, no calls... yay! After a four day work trip to Indy, it was great to finally be home on Sunday. Our trip was good - we did get to see some snow flurries, have dinner with some good friends we haven't seen in forever... and meet their adorable twins, and help our other friends finish their temporary move into a cute lil condo in Richmond. Caught this beautiful sunrise leaving Indy. {The perks of a 6am flight.}

After a long day of moving for the Hollomons and a long day of travel for us. 

Sunday, we started the day with an early breakfast at none other than Berky's! Nothing better than greasy bacon and piles of Texas toast french toast. Gotta love their new branding update too.

After breakfast we braved a trip to Wally world... and found out that going at 9 a.m. on Sunday is quite amazing. After a laundry-list of thanksgiving goodies, we got outta there before the sunday pre-thanksgiving craziness begun. 

The rest of the day involved unpacking, laundry, a long afternoon nap, and a few house projects. We finally hung our beautiful stained glass above the yet-to-be-finished built-in shelves in the living room. Now to figure out what should go on top of the shelves. Any ideas? 

Sunday supper was taco night at the Lyons Den. Shrimp Tacos with a side of black beans and rice. 

Tasty!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!! 

House Remodeling: Open Coffee Cabinet

Out of all the renovations we have done to the new house, this one may have been my favorite! When we started the kitchen renovations, I knew I wanted something different... something to make it stand out, look new and most importantly - different than it was before. I think we achieved just that with opening one of the kitchen cabinets for our coffee service.

This is a peak at the old kitchen pre-painting, and with old appliances as well. 

Our first step was adding crown molding to the tops of the cabinets.

When our painter came, we asked him to leave the door off of the cabinet by the fridge.

Then it sat like this for the past 3 months, while we tried to decide if we wanted it open or not. 

We decided yes, and I'm so glad we did. With our housewarming party just days away, we decided to finally finish it up. Step one, spackle the extra shelf holes. 

I used some q-tips to keep the holes open and clean!

Next, we used Stix to get a nice base on the interior, since the cabinets are laminate.

We let the stix dry overnight and then used two coats of Valspar Superior in Fresh Cotton to finish it off. Bright and cheery!

We measured and ordered two pieces of glass from our local glass factory. It was a perfect fit!

I also replaced the plastic holders with some gold metal ones to dress it up a little.

The finished product. 

The cow is happy with his new home.

Now we are ready for coffee!  Countertops come on Today, so there will be more kitchen pictures to come soon. 

Have a great Tuesday y'all!