Weekend of small projects

This weekend was a weekend for accomplishing small projects that have been on my to-do list. In sum, the projects have a fairly sizeable effect - or, that's what I keep telling myself.

Saturday was spent concurring the battle against construction dust. Ugh. I'm not sure that I will ever win that battle, but I did make a strong attack. All of the floors are swept and mopped - remind me, why did I think it would be a great idea to have hardwood floors throughout the house?

Today I tried to tackle a few small home improvement projects. I repainted a two mirrors that I had found so they will match our new home, painted the door that hides our waterheater, touched up paint in a few places, and, and, and...

Here's the mirror that I fixed up and repainted for the spare bedroom. I thought the circular shape complemented the pattern in the curtains rather nicely.

We also finally hung our kitchen art. It looks like the painting was designed for that wall. My brother, Chris, actually painted this for my first apartment on Cardiff Street in Dubuque.



And, since you haven't seen it yet - we now have an island in our kitchen! It's true! Bryan has wanted a pot rack and a kitchen island - and now we have it. This temporary island is the handiwork and imagineering of Mr. Bryan. The countertop is constructed from the scrap pieces created by cutting out the hole for our sink and cooktop. The countertop is currently set on our old microwave cart. There are plans to build a cabinet to set the countertop piece on (the pieces have actually been purchased) but for now we are enjoying the convenience of having a kitchen island.



We are both exhausted after a weekend of working on the house - more progress to come this week - hopefully!