Daily Tide 9.27: Dining Room

And the brick is finally now done :)

It may have kept Matt up late, doing this out in the middle of the street at night...

 But it was totally worth it!

 Can I show you the "before" pic?

 And now (drum-roll)...

Matt does it again!  This was his first time installing cabinets and he totally rocked it!!! (When does he ever not?) 
We have future plans to complete the built-in by adding two side sections of shelves and a top section of cabinets...
But for now here it is...
And I totally luv it!

Daily Tide 9.18: Progress

Matt finished laying the last of the bricks in the dining room :)

i took a risk (a risk for me) and painted the walls a sea-foam color...
which, just leaves mortar and a few other smaller odds and ends...

but we're taking a break for the rest of this week...

till next weekend...

Daily Tide 9.17: Pardon Our Dust

he's been cutting the last of the bricks for the dining room...

dust flies everywhere...

i wonder if his hair will ever be this color...

i do know (if the Lord tarries) he will be one sexy old man...

Daily Tide 9.16: Cabinets :)

:)

Daily Tide 9.14: Three Coats of White Paint...

Daily Tide 9.13: & More Brick

we laid the last uncut row of bricks at 11pm last night... not quite sure what got into us...

Weekend Brick Progress :)

:)

9.5 Labor Day Weekend Day Four: Grout

today we made our 7^th trip Home Depot trip in the last four days…

and we wrapped up our long weekend by grouting the countertop…

or should I say Matt grouted the countertop…

there is still some haze on these tiles; I can’t wait to see what the finished product will look like :)

9.4 Labor Day Weekend Day Three: Countertop Progress

he tiles too…

a little untraditional for a countertop, but I’m totally luving the result :)

9.3 Labor Day Weekend Day Two: Cabinet Progress

my hubby is SO awesome…

today was his first attempt at installing cabinets...

AND HE TOTALLY ROCKED IT!

9.2 Labor Day Weekend Day One: The Beginning

8 boxes of brick, 5 wood cabinets, 1 shiny mini-frig, new laser level, 2 boxes of screws, 1 bunch of shims, 12 bottles of liquid nails, 1 box of mortar… (etc.)… checka

our dining room DIY is now underway :)