First, a quick refresher since I intentionally never took pics of the dining room. Two, yes two, shades of purple paint on the walls - a lavender and a K-State purple. Lovely cream colored berber carpet (on a farm!) that I shampooed a thousand times and still looked like crap. Burnt holes in said carpet due to burning hedge in our woodstove. A front door held up with four small screws (and NONE at the top or bottom) as well as one inch gaps all around it.
I was planning to wait for pics until Ed had every last detail completed but I just can’t contain my excitement, he’ll have these finishing touches ready by the weekend so I’ll sneak you a peak now.

I wish we didn’t have to have any blinds on that window but it faces west and during the summer we really need it. This is looking into the dining room from our living room. That’s the front door on the right which we have used a handful of times during the past five years because the entire house would shake when it opened/closed and during the winter we duct taped it off trying to keep out the north wind. That sucker’s sealed now! That’s Ed’s grandmother’s shelf over there on the left - so glad I found the perfect place for it.
And yes, we know that we need a chimney. :P Please ignore the plumb bob line - we’ll have a chimney this weekend and I’ll oil the stove down to get rid of the rust it grew while sitting outside during the remodel.

Just look at the shine on that floor! I love the way the sun’s reflected in there now and the entire room brightens up.

The metal washtub will hold our indoor wood, I’ve got a large crock out in the barn to bring in that will hold kindling. Above the fireplace is the beginning of our “metals” collection. LOL Since we can’t have wood or anything burnable over there, we decided to go with metals and eventually those walls will be entirely just covered in those.

See that tile? I helped grout it! Still some finishing to be done in this corner so let’s move along….

I love my little crooked-legged table for the Kitchen-Aid! The darn thing is too tall to go under my cabinets and so it always just sat there on that L counter looking out of place. Jen and I found that little table for next to nothing in Salina. Ed and I liked the idea of old mismatched chairs. We did have six at the table, but one looked so good where I was storing it in the kitchen that it found a new home, so we’re short one and I’ll pick another up here before long.

Looking south towards the kitchen sink. The backsplash was some thousand year old white with gold speckles linoleum - so not good. Without funds for a redo on it, Jen and I just hung vinyl wallpaper and then polyurethaned it. It looks awesome!

Another view into the kitchen. Oh look, there’s the new laptop conveniently located at the table. What an attention hog.

The east wall. You can’t really tell but the top color is more of a khaki - sand is it’s name - but in the morning sunlight, it looks more cream. And if you look closely in the border you’ll see our tractor, well pretty close - it’s an H and we have an M. That’s my Aunt Tilly’s buffet table which I really had convinced myself to paint but now that it’s against these vibrant colors and light floor, I’m thrilled with it.

A straight-on view. The black chair kept getting stuck there and by then end of the day I really like it so it will probably stay there. I had planned to hang a couple plates on either side of the coke case but got the wrong size hangers.

A really wobbly ceiling fan used to hang here but we replaced with the only original light fixture we had for the house. This used to hang in the spare room and Ed put it here. It’s adorable and goes really well.

Looking back to the living room. I love the milk bottles and got them for a steal!

West wall of the kitchen. We have an old-fashioned scale that will hang from the ceiling over this L counter but Ed needs to climb in the attic and anchor it.

Do you see what I see?

I think everyone should have a cow in their kitchen. Not quite the same look as our dear Moo, but close enough. Although I think a framed picture of the farm’s namesake may appear in here somewhere sometime.

The obligatory chicken bowl for scraps got an upgrade and now appears as part of the decoration.

Oh good gravy, you’d think I would have remembered to shut the door to our only bathroom before taking this shot, but I didn’t. And please ignore the ginormous 3 gallon jug of spackle on the floor too!
So there you have it, what a change! There are still lots of holes but this is a great start on the overall look that we’re going for. And besides, I’ll be pulling out the Christmas decorations in two weeks anyway!