Spencer came by yesterday to finish some of the deficiencies. One of the tasks we were most looking forward to was for him to install the KitchenAid range hood. We were anxious to see what it would look like in the space.

Here it is:

We really like how it looks. At first glance […]

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Right now we are working through some of the deficiencies on the main floor with Spencer our contractor. As he has been all along the way he is committed to making sure we get things exactly right. So it’s nice to be on the same page versus feeling like it’s a struggle to […]

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Is it wrong that we’re not done the main floor yet and we’re already planning on what to do next and how to afford it? I guess it’s just human nature…

We view the house as having 5 main areas that need completing. One to four are the floors of the house (including the […]

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So we had high hopes of being done phase 1 of the renovation this weekend but have fallen a little short. Even after having lived through almost 5 months of this reno we were naive enough to really think we’d be done! Our painter, tiler, electricians and plumber put in a great effort but we […]

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For some time now Anke has been thinking of putting a really deep grey colour on the back wall of the house. We weren’t sure if it would work well given that we have now gone with a grey coloured countertop.

Darren, our painter extraordinaire recommended a grey that he really likes (Kendall Charcoal from […]

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