Christie's Mobile Home Diary

New Pergo LVP Flooring, Kitchen August 2022, Before and After Kitchen Redo

My husband finished our kitchen floors this month, so I took some pictures today of everything ...I added some before pictures at the end...

The flooring is Pergo Duracraft Luxury Vinyl Plank, and is called Jameson Ridge Pine

He did the kitchen redo himself, he painted cabinets, put up beadboard behind the stove and around the island bar, painted and installed trim, wired the range vent above the stove, installed a new sink, installed new countertops, and also made and painted the cottage style shelf that's above the mirrors with a 4x6 board and corbels from Lowe's...we already had the light fixtures, but he installed them as also...

Below are a few Before photos from over the years.

This is a 16 x 80, 1997 Oakwood brand single wide mobile home.... we are the original owners, so it's been through a lot of changes over the years...

Above is photo with the original walls, floors, and forest green countertops....

Later...with vinyl tile flooring and wood panel wainscot

Then...we painted the wainscoting white, got new oak cabinets from Lowe's, to replace white manufactured home cabinets, and light grey green countertops...

Then...there was the stone sheet vinyl flooring and the oak cabinets that got white paint...

Another before photo, with the stone sheet vinyl, (that I really did like, because it reminded me of an English cottage, but it was clashing with the new countertops)...

And... here's another look at the new flooring.

We really like how things turned out in here. I'm so thankful to my hard working sweet husband for all he did to make my "vintage cottage old farmhouse kitchen" dreams come true.

This diy project cost a total of around $5,200. That's with my husband doing the work himself. The appliances were around $2200, countertops were around $1000, $800 for supplies and paint for cabinets ect, and $1200 for the flooring and trim.

Well, that's all for now.

Until next time...stay creative!

End of July 2022 Yard Photos

I decided to take a few photos of the yard this very hot end of July 2022...

The crepe myrtle in the woods bloomed a few flowers...

Unfortunately, we lost an oak tree (left of photo), this year that will need to be cut down when the weather cools down...

The morning glories bloomed that I planted from seeds...

We lost our largest pine tree to lightening this summer...

Only about 3 zinnias that I planted from seeds, survived this time....but they are beautiful...

The spider plant has made babies, that I can soon plant in pots and share with family....

and the asparagus fern bloomed some surprise pretty tiny white flowers...

A walk about the yard led me to some delightful surprises...pretty wild trailing flowers...

and little tiny yellow wild daisies

And a plump mushroom nestled comfortably in the woods. The wild flowers and mushroom needed no care from me, but filled my heart with delight...as I know God would have them to do. A reminder from the creator that He takes care of them, and me, and you!

I hope you find delight in your world today!

Thanks for visiting!

Until next time....

Stay creative!

Summer Yard & What's Blooming 2022

It's officially summer, so I've taken a few pictures of the plants outside....we had temperatures as high as 102 last week, so it's been unusually hot where we live.

I thought I'd get some pictures of things,....I don't know how much longer my poor plants can take the oppressive heat we've had....thankfully, it's been cooler this week, but still in the mid 90's. We're so thankful for some rain this week. We so needed it.

I've lost most of the flowers that I planted in the ground this year from seed...I'm not sure where I went wrong, but I have an idea. Note To Self...sow the seeds after all chances of cold snaps have passed, I believe they were stunted from the cold and weren't strong enough to grow and endure through the summer heat. The morning glory flower seeds that I planted in pots have grown a lot and are doing well, despite something completely cutting it down and eating most of it. I have since moved it to the back porch and it has made a comeback. Yay!

Here's how things are coming along this summer 2022....

We got some yummy blackberries from our woods this year, which was a nice summer surprise!

I hope you are enjoying your summer and all the joys it has to offer.... and are finding fun ways to stay cool, too... if you live where the summers are hot, like ours are!

Until next time.... stay creative!