Trick or Treat!

Easter bunny ears plus

Tinkerbell wing from Disneyland plus

 

Butterfly wing from a dollar store

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Pink butterfly and blue dragonfly

Have a happy Halloween!

Kichen Remodel Update vol.11-Tiling the backsplash-

Okay, it's been a while since I updated our kitchen status.  A few weeks ago, we tiled the backsplash.  The tiles we used are the same ones from our upstairs bathroom floor.  It's Bisazza glass tiles.  I think it's around $20-30 per sheet of 12x12 in market, but we found a crate full of new boxes at ReStore for a dollar per sheet.  We scored!  Of course, we got a car trunk full of tiles.  Since these tiles are very delicate - sort of a see-through material - we used white thin-set mortar and unsanded grout.

 

T'dah~. My favorite moment.

Here is the finished half of our kitchen.  The drawer next to the dishwasher is on back-order and it won't be here until mid-October.  The dishwasher needs to be replaced soon, but I just don't have time to shop.

Oh, this is IKEA's TIDAHOLM cabinets (solid oak).  Guess what?!  After a couple of months of planning, the day we finally ordered these cabinets, they went discontinued......which that means, bad news is there is no warranty / replacement, but the good news is our kitchen price was slashed in less than half.  Since one door went down to $5 each (can you believe it?  I had to ask a few times if that was really happening to us), we purchased extra door and drawer fronts for future replacements.