Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Love,
The Parkers

House Tour

We are getting there....Whew! I'll take you on a tour and show you what we have accomplished since beginning this project in February! Enter the front door, which we replaced. We also added the front porch and covered the old concrete steps with bluestone.

Foyer and new stairs.

We moved the location from the great room and duplicated the look of the original.

GreatRoom

By moving the stairs, we were able to open the kitchen to the great room. I now enjoy a great view of the lake from the kitchen.

Looking into the kitchen from the great room.

We totally remodeled the kitchen, from the coffered ceiling to the hardwood floor.

Bar area

We made what had been the master bedroom into a den and also opened it to the great room. (The master bedroom and bath are now upstairs but I need to take some more pictures for a future post. ) Two guest bedrooms are also on the main level and two bathrooms.





End of first floor tour. Stay tuned for more.......

More progress.....which means WORK!

Yes, we're still at it - mostly outdoor projects.

Pouring the driveway

Laying flagstone for the front walk

Starting on the front porch

Finally!

Sitting down!

Happy Birthday Mom!

I hope you have a day of much deserved rest and happiness! Have a Happy Birthday!! Love you!

Happy Anniversary

My parents 44th wedding anniversary was this past Friday. I had a great time celebrating with them this weekend! A few of the activities included:

Water skiing! (I actually was not here for this but Christy was!)


KC and the Sunshine Band at Music by the Lake!

Bonfire!

Flip Cup!

Tikki Hut!


I cant wait to celebrate many more years with you!
Congratulations Mom & Dad!!

Nautical Inspiration

Once summer comes to an end and we see the light in the main house we will begin to focus more on emptying the boat house room and starting to decorate. This weekend I was very inspired by a little shop in Lake Geneva, Brick & Motar Home.

Signs:



Lamps:




Props:





Furniture:




I could have bought the whole store! As much as I love Pottery Barn, Brick & Motar Home puts it to shame.

The Kitchen Details

Pendants: The two pendants fall just above the island which bring a little nautical/lakey effect to the room.



Beams: The beams in the kitchen were put in to add more character into the room as well as take a little something from the Great Room into the kitchen. The ceilings were painted in both the Great Room and the kitchen to empathize and bring attention to the beams.



The Bar: Lots of storage space since our wine salesman spoils us! Also, a nice counter top for space for specialty drink barrels and appeys!




Island/Cabinets: You can see the style of the cabinets in the photos above. The details below the island matches the same style of the cabinets.


Kitchen Handles: Dark brushed metal that match the dark granite of the island and brings out some of the darker color in the main kitchen granite.


Much more to come!