Welcome To My New Blogging Home

Welcome, Friends. If you’ve made it over to my new site from Blogger, take a look around.

I designed a new header. My daughter designed my last header and as much as I loved it, I was ready for a change. Since she is serving a mission for our church and wasn’t around to help me out this time, I tried to channel some of her designs with some of my own preferences. I’m excited about the new header and really like how it turned out.

I kept the same colors because I really like them. I also kept all the social media buttons she designed for me. It’s a little her and a little me.

I’ve made some other changes to the blog and have more on the way. On my projects page you will find a different look. I’m using thumbnail sliders to show off my different projects.

There has been a HUGE learning curve for me on this blog thing, but I finally feel like I’ve got the major kinks worked out.

In other non-bloggy news, if you read my last post, you may recall that I was nervous about Katie moving back in with us and if I was ready for that to happen.

Oddly, as soon as I hit the “Publish” button on that post, I felt at peace and ready for her to come back. She transitioned right back into our home and her programs and she seems happy. This past weekend we built a swing set as a family for her.

Hubs wanted the swing set to be higher than the plans called for, so he bought 10′ posts instead of 8 footers. This is why the swing I’m standing behind is so tall. We still need to make a run to the hardware store and pick up some more chain.

I’ve made a bit of progress in the kitchen. I finally finished all the board and batten sections. This is the spot where I have an open wire shelf right now.

You can also see the spot under the glass cabinet that I finally finished. Excuse the iPhone pic, but I was just trying to grab a quick shot of what I was working on. I won’t do a batten on the rest of that chimney stack. It would stick out from the wall and look weird, so I think it’s better to just leave it off. It won’t be that noticeable. That spot is at a weird angle so you’d have to really look to see that there was a piece missing.

As you can see, I’ve changed my cupboard plan a bit.

I found this picture and I knew that I wanted to do that to my cupboards, but with simpler molding. Our ceilings are not even a full 8′ tall and there is so little space above our cabinets and it just sucks up light. I figured if we fill it in, the whole kitchen will look brighter.

   Traditional Kitchen design by Charlotte Design-buildAdvanced Renovations, Inc.

I’ve got a good start on it but cutting wood on hot, muggy days in Ohio is no joke. It’s a messy job and I get seriously hot and sweaty doing it. I’m determined to finish it this week. In fact, as soon as I hit publish on this post I’m changing out of my jammies and getting to work.

In other exciting news, I finally have a plan for the kitchen colors and I can’t wait to show you. I think it’s going to be awesome.

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What do you think of the new site? Is everything working for you? What do you think of the design? I’d love to hear any thoughts you have to share.