The Lake House Renovation: Fresh Kitchen with Not So Fresh Fruit

I've been playing a little coy with the latest on our kitchen.  Last weekend, we cooked in it for the first time since we started this project, but it still wasn't quite finished.

I was going to wait to share pics until everything was done, but we had such dramatic changes this weekend, that I had to share.  

Here's what it looked like Saturday morning.  

The island is Presley's favorite new play spot.  

Window looking onto the street. 

We had a small issue with our bracket for our tv, so we are waiting for liquid nail to harden before putting it on the fireplace. 

Then, Saturday, around 2:00, the magical fairies from Great American Home Store made a beautiful delivery.  

No dogs on the new furniture, so Aaron and Julia picked up this doggie bed from Costco for us.  

Finally!  We have furniture.  I am so happy with it.  It looks amazing and is so functional.  We are still missing a couple of chairs.  

Also, we finally have a vent hood.  I cannot tell you the headache this thing was.  I really wanted one that just blended into the background, meaning, I wanted to hide it in a cabinet.  We had so much trouble finding one that would work.  To the rescue, Aaron found us the perfect model.  Which, once again, I hope you are following his Facebook page.  He has helped us solve so many problems.  

In addition to helping us find the vent hood, Aaron also helped us install it!
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It looks great, and I love how it makes the backsplash look!

Woohoo!

There are still a few things left to do in the kitchen.  Michael's dad is helping us get our outlets finished up.  

Here's a few more pictures from this weekend...

Breaking in the card table!

Couldn't let the weekend pass without a boat ride.

My love for this guy is unhealthy.  If you get one, make sure you get an iRobot Roomba brand.
Yes, they are more expensive than off brands, but they are so worth it.  We had an off brand and it was crap.
This little guy works.

So, all of our dishes have been sitting in our storage area.  We were so frantic the day we moved all of our dishes out of the kitchen for demo, that apparently we missed a bowl of fruit.  This is what fruit looks like after 4 months.  Yep, that's a banana!  YUCK!

The Lake House Renovation: Ceiling Fan and Lighting

We made a couple of decisions regarding ceiling fans and lighting.

We got this fan from Lowe's.  Although, we just picked it out based on the look when we saw it in the store.  Now, I'm looking at reviews online, and I'm a little worried.  Oh well, it looks good.

We also picked out these lights for over our island.  I was a little worried that they looked a little too gimmicky or something, but I really love them over our island.  They achieve the look we wanted by tying in the floor, eventually our dining room table, and they break up the white in our kitchen.  We also purchased the matching chandelier for our dining room, but it is not hanging yet.  

Most of our furniture is in our garage.  It is a crazy mess that gives me anxiety every time I look at it.  We decided the easiest thing to do will be to move in a piece each day whenever we have a chance.

Last night, we decided to move in the heaviest piece.  It's this armoire.  I bought it a few years ago from a friend.  It's so cute, but it is HEAVY.  I'm hoping we can use it as a TV stand in our bedroom.  

We bought these Super Sliders to help us move it.  These things are awesome!  We were worried the whole time about scratching our floor, because if just one piece of grit gets underneath it, it can leave a little mark.  I'm going to have to get over that.  When we brought it in, we also worried about it possibly leaving a mark if it even touched the ground.  So, we threw some socks on it.  Maybe we should leave them on there?  

We are buying some furniture pads to put under all the furniture, because the flooring is scratching easily and it is stressing me out.  Until those pads arrive, the socks stay on the legs!

Look at the mess behind me.  Ughhhhh.

I have a question...

Do you feel like this armoire could go in the same bedroom as this bed?  They both have a square/rectangular pattern that helps them tie together.

Our bed is more brown (this picture doesn't show it well), and there is some brown in the armoire.  But the armoire is definitely more of a black color.  

If it can go in the same room, what color would you make the dresser or chest of drawers?  I really don't want everything to be the same color, but I do want everything to coordinate.