Saturday, August 31, 2013

New Kitchen Sink & Faucets Installed


Since my last post we've bought a new kitchen faucet and new faucet for the RO (reverse osmosis) system. Mike set the kitchen sink on some concrete blocks in the family room and installed the new faucets.

From House Painting

Did I mention that the sink is cast iron and HEAVY? We called our neighbor Bruce and he and Jane came over. Bruce helped Mike lift the sink and set it in the counter top. I made coffee for everyone and we had a nice visit with Jane and Bruce.
 

From House Painting

Last Saturday we went to the Indian River Fairgrounds to the Vero Beach Outdoor Expo. After paying the $7 (each) admission fee, we walked around looking at the exhibits and different vendors. The special guest was John Godwin from Duck Dynasty. The line for

Saturday, August 17, 2013

New Patio Table Set, Lunch at Earl's Hideaway & New Kitchen Sink

We've been busy the last couple of weeks. We painted the family room and kitchen. We're glad that we changed the paint color from the Cappuccino to the Dove White for the family room and kitchen. The lighter color really brightened the rooms up.

We decided to replace the kitchen cabinet door knobs. Mike and I have both "caught" our fingers on the door knobs (there wasn't much space between the knobs and the cabinet doors) and since we both have arthritis in our hands, it really hurt! We found some knobs at Lowe's in Vero Beach that would coordinate with the drawer pulls we had in the kitchen. I put on the new knobs and it's great not to have to worry about catching a finger in them.

Earlier this summer we had seen a glass-top patio table and 4 chairs at Home Depot here in Sebastian that we really liked and it went on sale earlier this month. They only had one and it was the floor model and we bought it. Mike called our neighbor Bruce and asked if he could come in his truck and help us get the table and chairs home. We loaded the table and a couple of chairs in Bruce's truck and were able to get 2 chairs in the Vue. After unloading