One more post.

Someone told me that there is no reason we should not post pictures and updates that have to do with our Old Cat House, but are not renovations. I am not really into blogs that provide daily updates of people's personal activities, but I think activities and crafts that occur within the house are perhaps acceptable. So, here is a final picture of the LookOut with the paint, trim and stools.

I am an avid baker, and one of the best additions to my kitchen is my stackable cooling rack set. This is a fantastic set, b/c I can cool cookies on it, but also muffins, cupcakes, or anything else that is a little bit "tall". So here are a few pictures of my new favourite cookie recipe cooling on the stackable racks. I thank L&Em for this recipe...the only thing I changed is to add a tbsp of molasses.

***Also, this is another up-close shot of our Subway tile...Great job tiling Mr Mc.

Little improvements:

bar stools for our LookOut. These were an exciting purchase for the Mister and I, b/c they are not second hand, nor are they from IKEA. Woah! However, due to these facts, they required more involved assembly than we are used to.
Here is the beautiful Mister McCann, who was cooking dinner while I assembled these amazing stools. Ian is all about his new cookware, designed by Jamie Oliver. I know it's not suitable for "Blog Viewing", but I really wish he was the naked chef. hee hee.
Here I am, sitting ON the new barstools, drinking homemade wine, and no doubt giving instructions to Mr Mc about how exactly to make the veggie burgers.

RED WALLS, RED WALLS! (Ok, I have obviously used the "Red Rum, Red Rum" joke before...but it was in a different house, different province, and a different tone of red, so I am recycling it for these pictures). Once Ian painted the kitchen in TEQUILA, we had to get right one re-painting the dining room. It was previously a mustard colour, like every other room in the house when we bought it. When I consulted with G%*g, our tenant, he explained that the previous owner was really into the Santa Fe style. (Does Santa Fe include chucking frying pans through windows? Ian thinks it does include this action, as long as the frying pans are made from cast iron). So here are some pictures of our newly painted room:

On an unrelated note: does anyone like the chair in this photo? I picked it out, and Ian doesn't like it. I think it's because this is normally the type of furniture he picks out, and everyone tells him that his choices are ugly (ummm, the orange couch from Coquitlam?!!![If you have never heard of it, Coquitlam is a suburb in BC, where Ian grew up, and where ugly orange couches ABOUND]). So now he feels compelled to tell me that this type of furniture is ugly.
There is a sideline shot of our Christmas tree, which is prospering beautifully.

Ian actually took a picture!!! When I look back through the blog, it is always pictures of Ian working (b/c I have documented the work). But Hey! Here I am, contributing to the renos.
Apparently the photos uploaded in reverse order. This last one is a shot of the old mustard colour with the trim as the new colour.