Progress

Our kitchen renovation is coming right along...I think we are about halfway through with everything, or at least a third of the way. Hopefully at the latest they will be done by the end of next week.

It has been really hard to live without a stove or an oven. It is also hard to live with only a tiny bit of counter space. But the hardest so far has been living without a kitchen table. Our dining room table is not an option either because all of the stuff from our empty cabinets is currently being stored on the dining room table. It is really difficult to eat out with a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old...but without a table we can't really do take-out either! Over the weekend we set up a little kid's table for the boys which has helped.

I'm told that by the end of this week all the cabinetry and painting will be done, so at that point we can move our table back in. Next week the new countertops will be installed.

Here are some pictures from the end of last week. The cabinets have all been primed...



This is the little bit of counter space that we have to work with, which is mostly taken up by the coffee pot, sink and microwave. You can also see our new can lights in this picture {even though one bulb is not working}. Oh what a difference the new lighting makes! I love it! This week they will put in a pendant light over the sink.



The island has been wrapped in beaded board, the legs of the island have been tapered and they added a bookshelf {love}. You can see Ro in the background coming through a freshly painted white door {used to be stained}. All of the formerly stained doors are now white, this has really brightened up the rest of the house.



This cabinet is where our double oven will live...it has already been painted Benjamin Moore "Sundial," which is what all of the cabinets will be in the end, except for the island and the bench seat, which will be BM's "Chelsea Gray." The walls will be BM's "Boardwalk." Note the white doors in the background.



Sundial...it looks lighter in person...


Chelsea Gray...


Boardwalk...


They have built our bench seat and wrapped it in beaded board and primed it. It has two flip-top lids and Mason keeps calling it the "new toy box."



Less than two weeks and hopefully it will all be complete!