Kitchen Reveal

I've shown you parts of my kitchen overhaul.

Here is the before and after of the whole kitchen you've been patiently waiting for.

Here is my kitchen a few months ago...

The next picture is after new, black countertops and backsplash

and just before paint...

 I had to remove everything from the cupboards and drawers.

Here's a picture of part of my office during the painting...

And here is the after picture...

(Be sure to notice that I raised the microwave so I could see the knobs on the stove.

In the process I had to raise and move forward the cupboard above the microwave.

Then it needed new crown moulding.

 And just in case you want to see all my hard work again,

here are the pictures one more time...

Before...

 After...

I love how it turned out!



Almost there!

My kitchen is finished,

but before I show it to you,

I have to put it back together!

That's a big job.

In the meantime,

here are a couple of somethings I've been working on...

We had old, florescent lighting under the cabinets

so we updated with LED lights.

I also made my own divider for the silverware.

It has plastic liner stuff on the bottom.

No more overflowing silverware trays.

Ahhhhh!

I thought I was almost there!

If you check this blog very often,

you know that projects seldom go as planned.

Remember my five-day back yard project that took five weeks?

And my granite and backsplash that are not yet finished?

Well, to add to the list...

My four-day cabinet painting project is approaching two weeks!

The painter installed door and drawer pulls on Saturday while we were gone.

When I got home, this is what I found...

Not even close to straight or even.

Grrrr!

He used a new template he had just purchased.

After coming back Monday, he was embarrassed and had to take half the doors back

so I could have straight handles.

So...tomorrow is now the finish date.

We'll see.

I'll keep ya posted!

Almost There!

My kitchen is so close to being done!

The painted cupboard doors are supposed to come this morning.

In the meantime,

here are a few of the things I've been doing...

Changed two of these to black,

Fixed the stove so it's now the same height as the new countertop,

And took this blind apart because the strings were tangled inside.

I got to wash it while it was on the floor, too.

Final kitchen pics are coming soon!

Yay!

Kitchen Sneak Peek

Here's a taste of what I've been up to.

Hopefully in a week or so, my kitchen will be complete.

I showed you some of the new countertops.

Here's some of the new backsplash.

Now we just need a little a whole lotta paint!

Flower Pot Refill

Every year I drive an hour north to get something to replace this...

The nursery in Layton sells these as hanging baskets

and they're a great price.

Here's what I ended up with this year.,,

It makes my porch look so pretty :)!

E-6000

I fixed a couple of these today.

 I'm in love with this glue.  

I use it on everything!

 Two of them are under the windows in this picture.

I also cleaned the carpet after the neighbor boy smashed grapes all over my kitchen

and tracked it onto the carpet.

Grrr!