You May Not Believe This But...

The KITCHEN is FINALLY FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yesssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The project that officially started the beginning of September, and would probably last "5 or 6 weeks" actually took 5 MONTHS, but who is counting, right.

We have not been without a kitchen for that long. We've been using it for a long time now.

Last week, the final trim and replacement wood panels and cupboard doors came in. They HAD arrived earlier, of course, but they were DAMAGED, so they had to be re-ordered...you've heard the sob story before. Any home improvement project is a long and dreary soap opera just begging to be dramatized. Usually by very poor actors. (You'd most likely turn it off to go do something more interesting.)

So, since I love "Before/After" pictures, here is the "Before/After" Kitchen Blog Post.

The kitchen, as I mentioned months ago, was in pretty good shape "before." It was just TINY. I'll group pictures of the same area, "before" and then "after."

Here is the wall with the window and door, before we filled those in:

"AFTER" it became a wall, stove moved to the middle, cabinets and countertops added:


Please note: "BEFORE," there was a mini-window you could peek through into the dining area.

"AFTER" a peninsula was created, opening up that wall.


Here is what you USED to see, looking from the kitchen into the dining room:

Here is today's view:
I have to say, I do love the kitchen. I go in, look around and appreciate the counterspace and the openness.

Icing on the cake for me is the granite of the countertops. It is fascinating to me that this stuff comes right out of the mountain. Unbelievable.



So, there is your "Good News for the Day!" Of course, the list is endless on what COULD be done to/for an older house. There is always something more to do!

It is also healthy for my mental state to just look at what has been done...and be happy about it.

Kari

P.S. For these pictures, I took a BOATLOAD of stuff off the countertops: dish drainer by the sink, fruit bowls, bread, small appliances. I can only dream that it always looked this way--! But I still like it, even full of our "stuff!"