New Floors in the Kitchen

Earlier this week I mentioned that our washer leaked and popped up the majority of the tiles in the kitchen. Pair that with our prior refrigerator leak and well the whole floor came up without effort. We needed a DIY and inexpensive solution till we are ready to re-do the whole kitchen. We finally landed on these tiles and I am rather pleased with the way it all turned out. It took us maybe 24 hours over the course of a couple days to lay it. It was rather simple except in the space below. SO MANY WEIRD CUTS! ahhh. I did revamp our kitchen the first time with the old green floors in mind so now the kitchen reads so much more serious which took me a few days to get used to. Although I can say sitting and walking on this floor is a lot less gross. No matter how much I tried to clean the old floors they never actually felt clean. For now I am highly content even though at first I just wanted to push the kitchen remodel up and do it NOW, but the Mr kindly reminded me it was not in the budget also with how much we host during this season if we had any hold up it could become a nightmare. So here are our new floors that only took some sweat equity and a few hundred dollars. Not too shabby. 

Biggest change may be this vent though. The original one was partly broken and it took me 10 months to finally change it out. This fixer upper is filled with so many tiny projects that you would think would be easy to check off the giant list yet they remain undone.

SOURCES: basket {similarsimilar} | rug vintage {similar} | cow art | most favorite and comfy boots found here

TREASURES

This weekend was filled with the unexpected. Our washer had a leak and caused the tiles in our kitchen to pop up. Sort of a good and bad thing all in one. Good because, well, no more really old green floor that I could not get clean to save my life. Bad because we are not ready for a full kitchen reno which was when we were planning on actually worrying about it. So we needed a quick and inexpensive solution to hold us over for the next year or two. Let me tell you this is no easy fete especially when you know what you really want the space to be, but can't afford it as of yet. Boo. We did end up finding a solution that was just perfect for our needs. Yes, I will be sharing more later this week. The whole flooring mess did mean we had to put off our camping trip, but we made the best of it and camped in the backyard. We had the best time. I read a new chapter book that they are both enjoying and just chatted till they drifted off. These are the moments I hope to treasure forever even when there are bumps in the road that tend to try to de-rail us. 

 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - Luke 12:34

Office in the Making

When we first looked at this house I had a lot of vision for this old fixer upper. Some of that vision has remained and some fluctuates back and forth the longer we live here. Before moving in I knew I wanted this odd little space to work as the office area. It sits between the dining room and den/kitchen area. You can see a bit of the layout here. Then when we actually moved into the house this was the only spot in the house where our favorite and first piece of real furniture we bought would fit. We then decided to put the "office" in the spare bedroom. Since then my sister has moved in with us for a bit and as the kiddos get older we have decided we would not want to move it into a space where we can't have eyes on them at all times. We then considered moving it into our kitchen nook, but the more I ponder the more I want a walk-in pantry. So after much thought and discussion with the Mr we have decided exploring my original idea of making this odd space into the office area once again. Currently our computer sits on our kitchen dining table and although I like the outside views I can't stand it taking up this space. Also I believe in every area of our home to have a purpose and currently this odd little space only serves as a pass thorough. That's a whole lot of space not being used to its full potential. 

Before moving in I knew I wanted a waterfall shaped desk in this space after falling in love with this home office. I found one that I love, but it's on the pricey side, plus I am not sure with the drawers if the Mr's 6'6" frame would fit under it nicely. This particular desk is 72" of pure loveliness. The current buffet is 77" for size reference. It's wide enough where it could have a computer station and a spot for the kiddos to do hand written work. I also like the fact that I could put a basket underneath and the mess would be somewhat hidden. In the end though I think we would need to go with a custom desk so it would fit the Mr better. I would add a pretty desk lamp and a pair of dreamy chairs

I then came across this narrow dining table and fell head over heels for it. I love the mix of metal and wood. At 94.5" it would almost fill up the whole wall. It's still on the pricey side, but this table could serve double duty as a dining table durning holidays or large gatherings as our current dining table can't fit near as many. We could use our current spare pair of dining chairs to add some warmth. With the extra wall space on either side of the chalkboard I could add some of my favorite pieces that have yet to be hung. Of course a fun lamp would need to be added. 

The more I look at my two inspiration boards I am leaning towards option two. It feels a little less serious which I like since it will be a shared office space. I am also fond of the idea that I can use pieces that I love that I don't currently have a home for. Plus having the option to actually seat my whole family around one table for Christmas gets me pretty excited. The only con is that with the open legs there is no hiding mess underneath, but with the extra length I could possibly fit our current filing cabinet underneath plus still have room for two chairs. Which option do you all lean towards? Again you can see the layout better here

SOURCES OPTION ONE: desk | black board | lamp | chair

SOURCES OPTION TWO: table | lamp | black board | black and white artchairs

*YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS SPACE STARTED HERE