Ta-Da! Kitchen Remodel (almost) done!

The hell that I call do it yourself home improvement is finally in the last stages. I put away all the tools. I am so sick of tripping on drills and stepping on screws. 6 gallons of paint and just as many weeks later I'm calling it good. I still have to finish resizing a drawer and I have all but 2 cabinet doors up. Those I hope to finish up tomorrow.

I still don't have a curtain but I can deal with that for a while. The mountains of tools have been removed and the counters are free of junk. We installed new countertops, built-in dishwasher (we had a portable one before), 5 new drawers, 6 new cabinets, a sink and a faucet.


<-----------This is a new set of drawers and corner angled cabinets.

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I still don't have the top 2 doors on. All of these cabinets were added. We moved the stove from under the microwave to this position on another wall.




<-------------We have some really beautiful architecture in our old house. The builder that built our house build it for himself and his family. He added many interesting touches like built in dresser drawers in all the bedrooms. He also utilized space under the stairs by making small closets. I used to have a rose vine that I hand painted around this doorway. I painted it on twice but I don't think I'll do it again.



This is a built in bench that used to be covered in brown when we first bought the house. This is the second time we have recovered it. The table is on wheels to allow easy access for the kids to sit. You can also see where the drawer still needs to go. I had to paint the chairs because they were beige.




There is a ledge built in behind the bench. You can't see it well but that is a Monet reproduction. I have always been in love with impressionism since I was a teen. The counter tops have a light blue swirl that reminds me of impressionistic painting.

Happy Birthday to me!

Hubby made dinner and my mom, dad, stepdad, sister (they invited themselves) and kids ate and had cake. (Do you know how much heat comes off of 37 candles and how hard it is to blow them all out?) I took these pictures after the crew left me in a terrible mess again. I worked harder for the last two days than I ever care to work again. Next year I'm going away for my birthday.