{"id":132848,"date":"2025-08-14T07:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=132848"},"modified":"2025-12-07T14:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:57:01","slug":"renovation-diaries-chapter-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/14\/renovation-diaries-chapter-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovation Diaries Chapter 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there, first I want to thank you for your vote in my poll about an island sink vs no island sink. I decided to not do it. The range is\u00a0 close enough to the long wall with two big farm sinks and I will have a pot filler above the range, so think that was the right decision. I love the idea of a big open countertop to prep on\/entertain, etc..without the interruption of the sink.<\/p>\n

We had a big meeting with the team yesterday and I have to admit I felt a little delayed hearing it will be another year. In my mind, I was thinking maybe 6-8 months. I like hearing months. more than the word, year. But it is what it is. We will do our best to stay ahead of the building curve and make decision in advance, get things that need to be ordered early, done ahead of time, etc… The key word today is windows! Yippee…got them all in and it was an exciting step. The roof has been full prepped to start roofing, I believe next week. The roughing inside has begun, and we have been busy at plumbing appts and signed a contract for our kitchen\/pantry which is exciting! My ideas have not wavered at all, just need to start thinking about appliances and flooring.<\/p>\n

I have started thinking more about kitchen flooring- I am leaning towards something along the line of peacock pavers, stone pavers. Just not sold on the wood. I had the limestone in my old house and really loved it.\u00a0 We are starting to look at appliances as well. Only real appliance I am totally open to is the range. I love the look of an enameled range and for that reason am considering Bluestar,\u00a0 Cornue Fe or Lacanche however I really like a glass door to the oven. Viking is apparently experiencing a renaissance in having been taken over so I am looking at what they offer as well.\u00a0 And then there are brands I have never even heard of! Here are some of the various options I have been steered towards-<\/p>\n

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In case you missed the last post here is my mood board for the new kitchen-<\/p>\n

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Want to talk about something funny? I went down a rabbit hole the other day and found out the very first house we built about 23 years ago was on the market and sold. It was so much fun to see the listing. They changed a number of things (many that I personally did not love as much as what we had done but it’s their home and I heard they were happy in it so that’s all that counts) I was thrilled to see they kept the kitchen as it was except for the decor and there’s no blue\/white porcelain:)<\/p>\n

I had used delft tile in there and still love it! I will be using delft tile in this new kitchen. Some parts feel a little dated but I still think its a pretty and classic kitchen. They also kept the original window treatment. I think for a nearly 25 year old kitchen, it looks pretty darn goof.Have a peek!<\/p>\n

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Here are some of the flooring options I like-<\/p>\n

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This is the reclaimed limestone we had in our old kitchen but we add more grays, warmer tones to that kitchen<\/p>\n

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And if doing wood, there is always the option to do something interesting like a herringbone in a softer color<\/p>\n

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A soft checkerboard can be beautiful in a kitchen but because we are doing this in the foyer, I would not repeat it in the kitchen, can look great though<\/p>\n

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And here’s a few picture of the house lately, as of now all windows are in and almost all french doors. We are now waiting for the original part of the house to get the windows. Roof has been prepped for the roof. Baby steps!<\/p>\n

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Love this dramatic space which is where the three story back stair hall will be<\/p>\n

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The glass in cupola getting put in<\/p>\n

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Above is eventual breakfast room\"\"<\/p>\n

On the right side of the breakfast room, it will lead to a covered porch (flanked by breakfast room and family room) similar to the one we had in the old house<\/p>\n

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Eventual kitchen, the window is actually huge, doesn’t look it here, its about 9.5 ft and offers a lot of light<\/p>\n

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Our bedroom where we are opening it up to attic and love that we get to incorporate that absolutely gorgeous window that has been there a long time<\/p>\n

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So ironic how this part of the house worked out, almost identical to this area in our old house. Second floor is part of family room and bottom is walk out basement which will lead to a patio<\/p>\n

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And that’s the latest! Next time I will show you some of the “raw” spaces of the bathrooms and what my plans are. Yes, very busy suddenly putting together ideas for kitchen and baths. If you have any suggestions as far as ranges go, would love to hear your comments. Lots of chapters to come,thanks for stopping by. Wishing everyone a wonderful day. Until next time…<\/p>\n

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PS Many have asked the porcelain ginger jar rechargeable mini lamp and it is on the site. We are in fact,\u00a0 close to selling out of our first shipment of these fabulous lamps. They will be here within the next 10 days. Couldn’t love these more.\u00a0 Click here for info<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hi there, first I want to thank you for your vote in my poll about an island sink vs no island sink. I decided to not do it. The range is\u00a0 close enough to the long wall with two big farm sinks and I will have a pot filler above the range, so think that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132848"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135375,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132848\/revisions\/135375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}