Mountain Cottage Kitchen Plans And Another Cottage Update
Mountain Cottage Kitchen Plans And Another Cottage Update
If you stopped by yesterday, I showed you some progress we made in the two bedrooms at the Mountain Cottage while we were there for a week.
It feels so good to have the two bedrooms painted with a fresh coat of paint.
Painting the two bedrooms was our big accomplishment, but there were a few other things we fixed, as well.
One of the first things Mr. Fanatic did was to change the door locks. Heres what was on the door when we arrived. The shiny brass deadbolt and door handle was fairly new and in pretty good shape, but we decided to change this one out to a keypad deadbolt. While we were at it, we changed it to an aged bronze finish.
I was a bad blogger and didnt take an after photo, but here is what the keypad looks like. Weve had a keypad on the home we live in, which makes it super simple because you never have to remember a key. I had Mr. Fanatic install one at our house when our girls were young and theyd run up to the door after getting out of the car and theyd bang on the door waiting for me to open it up with my key. Adding a keypad that both girls could open without waiting for me to open the door made my life so much easier. I highly recommend getting one at your house!
Mr. Fanatic was sooooo happy to change this deadbolt and knob out on the view porch door because it was sooooo dirty. If you look closely at the knob, you can see that there is gunk so thick you could scrape it off with a knife. Im not a germaphobe, but I had to wash my hands every time I touched it because it was so sticky.
Eww.
Mr. Fanatic also fixed the well casing. I was a bad blogger again and didnt take a photo of it, but the casing looked something like this. The casing had settled and the well pipe stuck up higher than the casing and the cap was open and tilted. Mr. F called a well company looking for an extension, and the guy told him to dig up the casing and put bricks under it to make it taller. Every time I get out of the car when we come back from somewhere I see that fixed well casing and smile because it looks so good.
Before I show you what progress we made in the kitchen,
I thought Id share a little misadventures I had mid-week at the Cottage. I was picking up some trash that the previous owners had thrown in the woods and happened to step on a yellow jackets nest.
I have never been so hysterical in all my life. Most of you know that I garden and am around wasp and bees all the time, but its totally different when you look down at your arm and see one of these and feel stinging all up and down your arm. Feeling the stinging and looking down at my left arm I swatted it with a gloved hand. At the same time, I felt more stinging and ran out of the woods hollering for Mr. F and crying hysterically.
The scary thing is I didnt have my glasses on and couldnt tell if the whole swarm of wasps was following me.
I couldnt run into the house if there were a whole colony following me, so I waited outside. Fortunately, Mr. Fanatic was upstairs painting with the windows open and ran downstairs when he heard me screaming.
The yellow jackets stung me about 6 times on the forearm a couple of times on the hand and once on the back of my upper arm.
Ouch!
I made a baking soda paste to put on the stings because I thought I hadnt brought any first aid. Several days later I remembered I had a large first aid kit in the car!
Now on to the kitchen...
You remember the MLS photo of the kitchen, dont you?
I designed a new kitchen even before we made the offer on the house. 
We had the Lowes draw up the design for us using painted white cabinets from Kraftmaid. The tall pantry to the right of the refrigerator is one of those pull out pantries...kind of a sideways drawer. Im excited about that detail. We will be ordering the cabinets this week.
The refrigerator we decided on was this Samsung French Door style. We originally were going to just choose a less expensive top freezer style when I woke up one morning and realized that the freezer door would break the window should anyone open it really fast and lose their grip.
Home Depot was the only place we could find this particular model and we ordered it the Saturday before we left for the week. We paid $988, not $1,259 for it. Whats really great about it is that its almost counter depth at 24.4 inches deep.
Isnt it purdy?
We also ordered this Samsung gas range. We paid $853. The current range is electric, but we bought gas, just in case we ever lose power, wed still be able to cook dinner.
The cottage doesnt currently have a dishwasher, but we decided to put one in. We paid $445 for it.
I think thats about all we did during our working week at the Cottage.
We did a few more things this past weekend, but will have to tell you about it another time.
Have one question you could all help me with....I would love to paint the red entry doors another color. What color do you suggest. Would love to hear your suggestion.
Thanks!
Pam
We did a few more things this past weekend, but will have to tell you about it another time.
Have one question you could all help me with....I would love to paint the red entry doors another color. What color do you suggest. Would love to hear your suggestion.
Thanks!
Pam
Mountain Cottage Kitchen Plans And Another Cottage Update
