Our New Kitchen

On June 2, 2013,  I posted photos of our cramped living space (family room) while we were getting the kitchen, dining room and living room floors redone.  Little did I know then, that it was going to take until late April 2014 for the project to be done.  Here are some more photos.

The view from the dining room (yes that cabinet now has doors ;-)  ).  The stove will be in the bare spot between the window an the doorway.  We are awaiting the arrival of the stools that will go under this side of the countertops.  It's already a favorite spot and seating will make it more inviting. 

The sink now has a faucet. That was an adventure in itself! 

These are the lower cabinets.  We ended up with a wine rack because we changed things around a bit and needed a slightly smaller cabinet in that space.  It holds two liter pops very well.  Yes! That really is an awesome pop-up shelf for my mixer.  There is an outlet right behind the open door, in the false front of the sink.  One thing that there is no shortage of, is outlets

Upper cabinets. As you can see, there is under-cabinet lighting (and also outlet strips: 7 on the right, 4 on the left.) Thanks Josh!

So, now we're fully functional, and the countertops will never be as empty again, as they appear above.  But, that's ok. It's nice to have them in and usable and used.

Thank you so much my dear one for your hours and hours of labor.  I appreciate each and every minute you have spent making it beautiful!!

The next project is windows!!  Watch for updates!









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Just Normal Everyday

Well, I'm happy to report that the kitchen is moving forward.  We now have a new paint job, compliments of Josh.  Paint color was decided on by Josh and approved by several of his siblings while my dear one and I were out of town.  I love the color and love even more that I did not have to choose it.  I took a photo of it, but it just looks white in the picture.  It's really a light beige.  Perfect.  My favorite picture looks lovely on it.

We have new cupboards hanging (and full) with under cabinet lighting.

 New floor cabinet!


There is still a ways to go, but for right now cooking and other food prep is getting easier and the family room is getting bigger as we get rid of boxes and temporary shelving.  Ahhh!


Our tenacious one has been busy painting her closet-turned-bedroom. Her creativity is wonderful.

Also, while golden tickets are hard to come by this year (her spelling words are ridiculously challenging) she did manage to score the highest on her recent Social Studies test: 103%.    

We are also busy planning the next wedding shower.  We have invitations, thank you notes and stamps purchased and the date set.  Full speed ahead!

In the 'more fun news' category, we got a "new" van.  The kids cannot figure out why I keep buying big vans, but I've been driving them since 1994 and I like them.  This one seats 8; although not eight of our kids will fit because they are no longer quite so little.  But, the four I drive around the most often fit nicely and it has significantly fewer miles.  And, it's a pretty color blue.  

Josh will find out in a couple of weeks if he got his Air Force pilot slot.   Stay tuned.  Hoping the next photo of him shows him wearing his "pajamas",  aka flight suit!