Rounding out the island

Almost 3 weeks after officially moving in, the island finally shed it's cardboard cutout of the countertop and swapped it for something a little more sturdy:

It's in the Mail!

We welcomed the most recent addition to the house (and it couldn't have come soon enough) which was the mailbox. No more trips to the post-office to pick up the mail!

Kitchen Cabinet door pulls

Finally managed to install the door pulls on the kitchen and laundry cabinets.

Front Porch Construction

Our front porch was a bittersweet sort of event. We had originally hoped for a large copper porch topper but as the construction project was nearing its end along with wiggle room in the budget, the copper top found its way to the cutting room floor. We also wound up placing the porch lights flanking the front door right smack in the way of the split columns were to be up against the house.