The Old Kitchen

I have had several requests for pictures of the old kitchen for comparison. Believe me, there is no comparison between the old kitchen and the new one! Just to accommodate all of those people that don't remember the old kitchen, here it is:

Now - aren't you sorry you asked? I even forgot how ugly it was! My goodness what a difference!

Thanks for a great Thanksgiving!

I haven't posted the grouted tile which completes the kitchen but I think I want to wait until the floor comes in. My family all saw the final results at Thanksgiving and the girls at work will be seeing it on Friday! My kitchen made for a great Thanksgiving food preparation place! It is very functional and everything turned out very tasty. Well, with the exception of the pumpkin pies - I forgot to put any sugar in them!!!

Hopefully the floors will be in soon and I can do the final posting of the completed kitchen! I put the shelves in last night that Clayton built. They turned out great! Now all I have to do is fill them with pictures. I have always wanted a photo gallery and this will be it.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

P.S. My great nephew is not only a beautiful baby but he is a very good baby. He only cried when Clayton held him! Not sure why that was - Clayton was probably nervous as he says he has never held a baby before.

I Have Tile!

Eric came on Saturday and put up the tile. It is absolutely gorgeous. He did a fantastic job. He'll be here early this week to grout it. I've also got a picture of the finished island. I don't think I had one before.

Almost There!

The corian was delivered yesterday but there was a problem with the outlets on the backsplash and they couldn't put it in. Matt fixed the problem - of course - and the Corian is in place. It is absolutely beautiful and the integral sink looks great. The plumber is coming tomorrow to put in the faucet, garbage disposal, dishwasher and connect the stove. Then it's done!! I got the dining room cleaned up and put back together. It looks so different. It's definitely going to take some getting used to.

I Have Countertops!

Poor Matt. He had a bad day on Friday. The countertop for the bar didn't fit! He said everything went wrong on Friday. But he got it all worked out and it is, of course, beautiful. The Corian will be here Tuesday or Wednesday and then it will be finished!

I put a lot of things away on Saturday. The entire house is filthy and I'm not even sure where to start! All of you attending for Thanksgiving take heed!

Matt talked me out of doing my tile backsplash myself. The guy he uses is not available so I had to find someone else. I thought - I'll call Eric, he'll probably know someone. He does - himself! He also has a friend that he talked to about it. Eric is going to come see what I have and we'll go from there. I hope I can get it done for Thanksgiving.

And, yes, I went out and purchased a new TV for my new kitchen. I couldn't get a very good picture though so I called Bryan. He came over and found that the "router" box I have is a piece of junk. He wired the cable directly to the cable coming into the house and WOW what a difference. He's going to get me a splitter to use instead of the junky box I have. I can even get a few stations HD!

Carla and Sarah stopped in Friday evening. Sarah was writing her name in my dust! She sat at the counter and ate Dairy Queen. Sarah's favorite part is the tile and she gave me some great advice about the grout color! She obviously takes after her Momma.

I Have Light!

Matt wasn't supposed to come today - he's running out of things to do. But he showed up this morning anyway. The electrician had time and wanted to finish up his part of the job. I absolutely love the pendants and the foyer light. I think I will like the one over the table once I get the table back in place.

Thanksgiving is in two weeks - how in the world will I ever be ready? Getting this place back together is going to one huge undertaking! Probably more of an undertaking than the demolition!

Something New Every Day!

All of this kitchen renovation is so exciting. I cannot wait to get home from work to see what has happened. Today I picked up the trim rings for the can lights. Matt told me to go ahead and get them. Well, when I got home I just couldn't wait for him to put them in - I did it myself! He probably thinks I'm nuts.

The island is all set where it stays and they put the finish on the back of the island. The microwave was also installed today and I actually got to fix something to eat for dinner! My microwave also works as a conventional oven and has some new kind of speedcooking thing that uses halogen lights. I'll try it out eventually.

Abby is coming tomorrow to measure for the corian/sink. I think the rest of the countertops will be in by the end of the week and the light fixtures can go in. I cannot wait for the lights! Anyway, here's today's pictures: