Out with the old, In with the new

I think with the new year brought added motivation to do some more home remodel projects. Zui has been on turbo mode getting so much done lately--I love it! So I'm way behind in blogging...this painting project actually took place several months ago (as can be seen by my pre-pregnant belly). After we started getting a color scheme going in our house with reds and yellows I got the itch to repaint our kitchen. I knew I wanted it so bad that I went out and got the paint, knowing I would have to convince Zui to help me later.

Adding the first stroke--yes!!!

Finished project. Phew! The new color is really fresh and compliments the rest of our house nicely. Thanks, Zui!

Next on my (ahem, "our") to do list was taking out the tile in the kitchen and front entry way. A big project I think we both dreaded doing (Zui dreading the hard labor, me dreading the large mess...) but one day, Zui just started hacking away and the project was off. I love how Zui just dives into projects. I never have to bug him for too long. Here's the before picture of our tiled floor:This project started at the new year with the help of Matt and Dylan Morden. They scraped off all the tile, which came off relatively easily, but the thinset mortar was quite stuck. After many drops of sweat they finally had a smooth floor.

Zui was very smart planning this vinyl project. He first laid out paper, cut, and taped it together to make an exact outline of our floor plan.
Then he moved the paper outside and traced it onto the vinyl before cutting it.
This vinyl literally took up our entire backyard, so everything that could got moved to the roof.
Zui had to remove all the baseboards, scrape the tile, sweep, clean, then put in the premium no-glue vinyl and rhino tape it down before adding new baseboards.


Hooray, finished! I LOVE this multi-colored vinyl compared to our white tile (it hides dirt really well!) Yes! Another project done!
Next on the list was installing laminate in our front entry way. I didn't get a before shot, but when we moved in there was about 12 feet of white tile (same as what used to be in the kitchen), then another 12 feet of laminate flooring, then another 12 feet of carpet. Between the 3 different styles of flooring it looked a little tacky.
Zui had to scrape out all the tile again which took a while. After getting the floor completely even, he started installing the laminate.

Luckily we found the exact same color the previous owners used when they installed the laminate in our living room. Even still, Zui had to backtrack about 3 feet to join the existing laminate with the new.




Finished product with the new baseboards. Yay! I love my new flooring, and even more, I love my Mr. Fix-it husband!!!