THE KITCHEN!!!!

So our kitchen is relatively done now. It was a long process that took up pretty much every spare second Rick had for the past 2 months. I love my kitchen and I love that we have done it all ourselves, okay so the kitchen was mainly Rick. There are a lot of pictures and I am posting them all because 1-this has been the main thing going on in our lives for the past little while, 2-a large portion of my family will probably never get to see it so here is the tour, and 3- I am absolutely in love with it.

BEFORE:DURING:AFTER:So just for my permanent records and to impress you at what a handy hubby I have; here is what we did.

Janae:

• removed all cabinet faces and hardware, wood puttied and sanded all faces.
  
• Painted cabinets inside and out four times (two coats of primer and two coats of color to cover the red and green
• replaced hardware and cabinet faces.
• painted every other surface in the kitchen twice with the help of my dad
• screwed down previous linoleum floor
• generally supported Rick during the building process running to Home Depot for supplies and handing him tools
  

Rick:

• demo in general
• built 4 new cabinets-the doors are still coming on these
  
• built a new island
• added electricity to the island for our microwave
• scrapped the whole ceiling with Will
• built new counter tops
• tiled the new counter tops
  
• filled hole in wall from previous fan/hood
• tiled the floor after sanding and stripping the old one
  
• installed the sink, garbage disposal (added new electrical and plumbing for this too), dishwasher, refrigerator, oven/range, and hood.
  
• moved two electrical switches and installed a dimmer
• built our back splash
• installed baseboards and molding
• changed out all existing outlets
• shaved down radiators and doors to fit with our new beautiful floors.

Still on the to do list:

• add transition pieces to the tile in the door ways
• build one more cupboard next to the hood
• get some stools to go under the island
• Rick is going to add recessed lighting with his dad when they come in February
• Hang the door to the basement, so Wyatt will stop throwing things downstairs.

We finished just in time (meaning right as I walked out the door to pick up the Lees) to have the best Thanksgiving, and now that I have unveiled the kitchen I can post on that fun weekend.