Met with the Dental Surgeon yesterday afternoon to check out the implant. Got an x-ray and came back good. He did a torque test (to see if the implant moves or unscrews at all), not very fun, but didn't hurt too much and passed that - a little bit of gum tissue in the way, but not like the last tooth. So, next step is to get cast for a crown back at my regular dentist and off we go! I should try and call this week to set up an appointment. I'm really looking forward to ditching this denture..... =D
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Toothy Assessment
Today I meet up with the dental surgeon for a (hopefully) final assessment of how the implant looks and how well it has taken. Hopefully all good. I don't expect anything wrong with it. I haven't noticed anything "wrong" with it, and I haven't had any infections in it since it went in. Assuming that it's all good, I'll make an appointment with my dentist and get the permanent crown installed within the next month. It would be great if I can get that installed before Florida in April.
SO looking forward to putting this behind me for now, and hopefully for good. It's been such a LONG and EXPENSIVE process between both teeth. Can you believe that the first one broke off almost exactly 4 years ago? I was vacationing in BC visiting the Asbury's with Marn and Violet in March 2009. Violet "broke" her first tooth on that trip too....
Anyway, if today is anything like the last time, I'm in for a very painful afternoon... (they told me it shouldn't have hurt, but the gums were falling back into the hole when they put the healing cap back on, pinching them) :( Trying not to think about it.
SO looking forward to putting this behind me for now, and hopefully for good. It's been such a LONG and EXPENSIVE process between both teeth. Can you believe that the first one broke off almost exactly 4 years ago? I was vacationing in BC visiting the Asbury's with Marn and Violet in March 2009. Violet "broke" her first tooth on that trip too....
Anyway, if today is anything like the last time, I'm in for a very painful afternoon... (they told me it shouldn't have hurt, but the gums were falling back into the hole when they put the healing cap back on, pinching them) :( Trying not to think about it.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Kitchen Inspiration
Here's another/newer picture of the inspiration that we're going for. Thinking 2-tone greys. dark below and light/white above... still mulling it over.
I sort of like the darker grey of the previous picture, but this one's really nice too. We would also have hardwood instead of travertine tile like this pic.
I sort of like the darker grey of the previous picture, but this one's really nice too. We would also have hardwood instead of travertine tile like this pic.
kitchen design
This is what we're thinking about for the kitchen reno now. Since the last post we were undecided about taking the wall down between the kitchen and dining room, but I think we've pretty much decided that we want an island. So that means, this minor kitchen refresh has turned into a complete gut and redo, including removing that wall and making it completely open. Something we hadn't planned on doing, but I think it's for the best long-term. We're already spending a decent amount of money, and we plan on being here for a long time, so better to do something we're completely happy with. No regrets.
Marn is meeting with the cabinet maker and a friend to this morning to discuss if the wall can actually come down without problems. I believe that it can as there's nothing under the wall and it runs parallel to the floor joists. A load bearing wall wouldn't be like that.
3D Views with the wall down looking in from the dining room. Basic design is the same as with the wall up, but we lose some upper cabinet space.
View from inside the kitchen looking out, thinking about a wall cabinet on the other side of the dining room to make up for some of the lost cabinets in the kitchen. I'm not sure if it will make the dining room too small, though?
Marn is meeting with the cabinet maker and a friend to this morning to discuss if the wall can actually come down without problems. I believe that it can as there's nothing under the wall and it runs parallel to the floor joists. A load bearing wall wouldn't be like that.
Sunday, March 03, 2013
New Windows Are In!
Well, the Windows are in, for the most part. They still have to come back and complete some of the finishing touches, like trim and casings and a little bit of the metal flashing and caulking to complete the outsides. Then we'll have to paint to really finish it.
THEY LOOK SOOOO GOOD!!
We're really, really thrilled with them so far. Still not thrilled at the price of them. It's amazing what new windows do to the look of the house, though. They totally clean up and freshen the whole surroundings! It's actually brighter in the house too. The old windows were so dingy. We actually ended up with slightly larger windows because the frames of the new ones are thinner resulting in larger glass. Anyway I'm so thankful that we were able to do this to the house.
It's funny, I initially didn't think that the windows did too much as far as how warm it felt in the house until last night. They replaced the 2 monster windows in the living room/dining room, which likely was the cause for most of the heat loss/drafts. Well, I felt hot all night in bed. To the point of being uncomfortable. Then this morning while playing in the kids rooms with them, I was sweating thinking why is it so hot in here?! (I wasn't doing anything that should be making me sweat!) The thermostat was at the same temp it's been all winter on weekends, which admittedly, is a little higher than the weekdays. So I turned it down 2 degrees (to 19) and so far haven't felt cold at all. As a reference, it's -9 outside right now. And the windows are not even completely sealed up outside yet! They'll probably get even better.
I'm sold so far. It's a painful price to pay for windows, but so worth it for the long-run.
THEY LOOK SOOOO GOOD!!
We're really, really thrilled with them so far. Still not thrilled at the price of them. It's amazing what new windows do to the look of the house, though. They totally clean up and freshen the whole surroundings! It's actually brighter in the house too. The old windows were so dingy. We actually ended up with slightly larger windows because the frames of the new ones are thinner resulting in larger glass. Anyway I'm so thankful that we were able to do this to the house.
It's funny, I initially didn't think that the windows did too much as far as how warm it felt in the house until last night. They replaced the 2 monster windows in the living room/dining room, which likely was the cause for most of the heat loss/drafts. Well, I felt hot all night in bed. To the point of being uncomfortable. Then this morning while playing in the kids rooms with them, I was sweating thinking why is it so hot in here?! (I wasn't doing anything that should be making me sweat!) The thermostat was at the same temp it's been all winter on weekends, which admittedly, is a little higher than the weekdays. So I turned it down 2 degrees (to 19) and so far haven't felt cold at all. As a reference, it's -9 outside right now. And the windows are not even completely sealed up outside yet! They'll probably get even better.
I'm sold so far. It's a painful price to pay for windows, but so worth it for the long-run.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Mostly-New Kitchen reno!
We are doing a kitchen reno this spring. Not a complete rip out, but mostly new. We want to keep some of the retro feel of our current 50's kitchen, but in all honesty, it's probably going to have only hints of retro by the time it's done.
We're still in the planning stages, but I think we have a pretty good grasp on what's going to change... and it's a lot! The only thing remaining are the top cabinets. When we bought and replaced the flooring in the house, we originally bought enough of the walnut to do the kitchen, so we're going to bring that in throughout. All of the bottom cabinets and counter will be replaced, as well as the whole wall of cabinets where our fridge is. The (new, slide-in) stove will move to the opposite wall with deep pot drawers on either side of it and will have a hood fan over it that goes up to the ceiling. The (new, counter-depth) fridge will stay on the wall that it's on, but be centered and surrounded by new cabinets, pantry and drawers, filling the entire wall. The dishwasher will slide over towards the sink a bit more to make room for an under the counter microwave with deep drawer under it. The sink wall (with newly installed window!) will have 2 pull-out garbage drawers flanking both sides of the sink. One for garbage, one for recycle and compost - or something like that. And then the counter-top has yet to be decided on, but it'll either be grey or quartz (if we can find a good deal) in a white colour.
We are thinking a grey colour. Originally when we started thinking about this, we were going to keep a lighter colour of the sea-foam green that is in there currently - but that's changed. :)
Some things we had to compromise on because of the space we have or cost to do them are;
No eat-in or breakfast bar type of space - no room
No island - no room
Not knocking down the wall between the kitchen and dining room that we originally thought when we moved in - if we did that, the top cabinets would have to go too, and then it becomes a much bigger ($) project and we lose any retro feel that it might retain (plus, our house quite literally becomes one huge open space). If we did do that, we would turn that wall into an island extension, because we wouldn't take that wall out right to the window. The cost/benefit of that is something to ponder...
We're still in the planning stages, but I think we have a pretty good grasp on what's going to change... and it's a lot! The only thing remaining are the top cabinets. When we bought and replaced the flooring in the house, we originally bought enough of the walnut to do the kitchen, so we're going to bring that in throughout. All of the bottom cabinets and counter will be replaced, as well as the whole wall of cabinets where our fridge is. The (new, slide-in) stove will move to the opposite wall with deep pot drawers on either side of it and will have a hood fan over it that goes up to the ceiling. The (new, counter-depth) fridge will stay on the wall that it's on, but be centered and surrounded by new cabinets, pantry and drawers, filling the entire wall. The dishwasher will slide over towards the sink a bit more to make room for an under the counter microwave with deep drawer under it. The sink wall (with newly installed window!) will have 2 pull-out garbage drawers flanking both sides of the sink. One for garbage, one for recycle and compost - or something like that. And then the counter-top has yet to be decided on, but it'll either be grey or quartz (if we can find a good deal) in a white colour.
We are thinking a grey colour. Originally when we started thinking about this, we were going to keep a lighter colour of the sea-foam green that is in there currently - but that's changed. :)
Here's a pic of the inspiration;
Some things we had to compromise on because of the space we have or cost to do them are;
No eat-in or breakfast bar type of space - no room
No island - no room
Not knocking down the wall between the kitchen and dining room that we originally thought when we moved in - if we did that, the top cabinets would have to go too, and then it becomes a much bigger ($) project and we lose any retro feel that it might retain (plus, our house quite literally becomes one huge open space). If we did do that, we would turn that wall into an island extension, because we wouldn't take that wall out right to the window. The cost/benefit of that is something to ponder...
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