Settled into our New Home #1 - Renovations to Front Hall and Kitchen

It has been ten months now since we moved into our new condo home and we are loving it.  Renovations continued into the first two months after we moved in because of backorders for certain things, such as light fixtures, countertops, mirrors, shower glass, but we lived through it. Seemed like we had six sub-contractors there every day in August and September 2014.

As friends and family know, 2014 was a very difficult year for us, and I got behind on so many things including blogging.  But now we are feeling relaxed, have more time and are enjoying our new neighbourhood.

I want to share some before/after renovation pictures.  Here are some:

Front Entry Hall - before

Entrance - what we saw when we opened the front door of the suite

 

and after:

 

Kitchen & Eating Area - before

 

 

Left side of kitchen looking towards the dining room and living room.  We took out the old fridge and opened up that wall so you have a view into the dining room.

 

Left side of the kitchen looking towards the dining room and living room.

Kitchen eating area at the east end of the kitchen.  Small balcony here with sliding doors.

 

 

Kitchen & Eating Area - After

 

Taken from the dining room looking into the kitchen towards the east.  See eating area at the end.

 

Also taken from the dining room looking into the kitchen. We had a TV installed in the eating area - very convenient.

 

 

This is the eating area looking out onto the small balcony.

 

 

This is taken from the eating area, through the kitchen, towards the dining room (you can see the drum chandelier in the dining room)

 

 

More pictures to come in the next blog.