Um, I think I finished my kitchen (well, the makeover anyway) about two years ago although there was never any real hard date and there are still a few things I should really do (like trim out the door that leads back to the laundry room) and to make it seem OK I only finished trimming out the window last summer so then it has only been a year since finishing. But regardless, it is quite lame that I just got around to hanging the kitchen light above my table. The real reason it took so long is because I had originally installed the can and the wiring for a different table (you can see where I have to touch up the drywall where the old hole was in the ceiling) so apparently that slight obstacle put this project off until now. It is good to remember at one point this corner looked like this (yes, that wallpaper kicked *ss) after I tore down the drop ceiling to hang a new ceiling at the original 9' height.But now the light fixture that I bought fully two years ago that has been sitting in my basement is installed dimmer and all and I quite like it. I always envisioned this little corner as my own little coffee shop dark paint and dim lighting and a fine home-made espresso next to me music on quietly in the living room either reading a book to myself or on my PowerBook taking care of bills or looking at Flickr or just chatting with a friend over a good bottle of wine. It is the perfect little corner.
And now it just needs a print on the wall, maybe of this photo which has become one of my favourite photographs that I have ever taken–I would print it fairly big, maybe thirty or forty inches wide and of course mat and frame it in a heavy, black wooden frame.
And the flowers were given away, but quickly replaced as I realized I actually liked having some color and something a little organic in my kitchen. Now to just not let them die ...
But kinda the point of posting this was the two hours or so it took to install this by moving the ceiling bracket in the attic and doing a bit of wiring and such made me realize how much I miss working on my house. This summer has been full of climbing and backpacking and generally getting out so there has been little time for remodeling but it really is enjoyable getting dirty and making my house mine. And so I will get moving on my bedroom probably after fall is in full swing and trips to the Enchantments and possibly Yosemite and Hidden Lake definitely again have been had and it begins getting darker earlier and there is less need to get out.
It really will be exciting to have my bedroom finished–the list that started this blog all checked off. Remodeling = good times.
