The Kitchen

So we have been wanting to get better storage in our kitchen. Well I have. I finally made my decisions and this is our kitchen remodel....

Before the chaos started.

The first piece of tear out was the desk area. I was okay at this point. I watched things come out and I found that I really liked seeing what had to be done to take parts of your house apart.

Next was the pantry.

The cabinets that were above the desk fit above my laundry just right. I was really excited about this because we didn't know if they would or not. (When Pete came home he got excited about it too. Don't let him kid ya.)

Next, out came the sink. This was Monday morning and we thought the counters were going in the next afternoon.

so everything got pulled out. Even the counters....

This was my floor after the tear out.(Notice the lovely stuff we covered?)

And this is the floor getting fitted for the new cabinets.

This was the floor ready for the new look.

I thought I'd take a picture of the jumbled mess we had without the cabinets and counter. Honestly I don't know how I fit all of this into the space we had! The counters didn't get put in until Thursday evening so I was lazy and we ate out or used paper plates.

The front room wasn't exempt from the overflow.

These are the new cabinets getting installed. I got to help bring these in. We were a little scared they weren't going to fit but we figured out a way to just get them in. I have to admit I was a bit emotional the day we started to put the counter, sink, and the rest of the cabinets in. It was for no good reason. (Other than my stress finally revealing itself in a most inconvenient way!)

My new sink!

And counters! Stress level lowering.

The almost finished product.

The new wall of cabinetry(minus the counter top)

There are still the finishing touches to do. The moulding, toe kick, counter and back splash on pantry side, texturing, putting on knobs and pulls, and painting but this is the gist. I smile every time I walk into the kitchen now (and so do Pete and the kids) and am really glad we did this. I had numerous stomach aches because I was afraid that I'd picked the wrong thing to go with whatever but so far it's working out really well.