New Backsplash and a Clean Floor

It may only be Tuesday, but this week has already been a busy one. Yesterday we had an electrician come over to add outlets to our kitchen island and fix some work done in the basement...I am sure it will not be the last time we use him :) Now we are working on finishing everything with the island so it will be ready when Brian's parents come in town this Thursday! We'll have more pictures of the island once we are finished.

I have to give a huge shout out to our amazing contractor, Lori Howarter with H&L Properties. She has done an amazing job finding the best people to help us finish our remodel and keeping them on schedule. Seriously, it is so nice to have a professional that you can call when you have no idea what you are doing :) She has given us lots of advice and we are forever grateful!

Now I can't wait to show off our other new addition in our kitchen. Remember the intensiTiles we hung before Christmas last year?

intensiTiles - interchangeable art tiles - how cool are these?

The supremely talented Teresa Carnes and Lori Snow, the creators of intensiTiles, have done an amazing job on our backsplash. We are so lucky to have had them work on this for us and trust me, they put a lot of hard work and hours into making it look perfect! Here's a picture of how great it looks!

Just getting started

Getting the spacing right takes a ton of skill & patience...I am so glad we didn't do this ourselves :)

With the grout...so pretty it sparkles!

Another view...I love it!

We have some finishing to do with the paint, but I love it!

Teresa is coming over this morning to seal everything and then we will get to work putting our kitchen back together so we can start using it again!

We also have the plumber coming over soon to put in our new faucet and hook up the water so we can start using our new sink! You'd be surprised how many times you use your kitchen sink a day...especially when you aren't able to use it! I can't wait to show off our new faucet...it is one of our favorite purchases so far :)

Then, we have our flooring guys coming back out to stretch our carpet and finish off the flooring so we can start moving everything back in! Best news...since they have to stretch the carpet in the main room, we had to take everything out of the room and clean the carpet! It's been months since we've even been able to see the carpet in this room, and even longer since it's actually been clean :) Check it out:

It's sad, but this may be the cleanest room in the house so far :)

We have lots of finishing to do over the next few days, but we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. We will have more pictures of our progress over the next few days. And it can't come soon enough for this little fella...

So ready to have our house back...

XOXO,

Sara, Brian & Tequila