The Kitchen

It is done. The kitchen is done. If you don't know about the kitchen then I am pretty sure that you haven't been reading anything here in the last month or so. Don't worry, I am not mad if you aren't reading the blog. I am too happy enjoying my finished kitchen.


Is anyone interested in playing a little game? I will post the before and after pictures of the kitchen and you can try to figure out all of the changes that occurred? Sound fun? The answers will be at the bottom along with the obligatory baby picture.
























The answers are below. No cheating, unless you aren't playing. Then you can cheat.

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Here they are:


-Green paint on the walls
-White paint on the ceiling
-Blinds (hard to see in the pic)
-Valance over the window
-Removed corner cabinet (where the Kitchen-aid now sits)
-New sink
-New counter tops with pretty mosaic tile backsplash
-New rug in front of sink
-Lightened and polyurethaned the cabinets
-New cabinet hinges (did anyone catch that one?)
-New dishwasher
-New stove (it does have grates on the top but they are in the dishwasher)
-Extended the counter top by the stove/pantry
-New ceiling light
-Shortened the cabinet by the microwave (opposite side) so that it is the same height as the other cabinets
-Replaced all of the electrical outlets and light switches
-Replaced the Sprite on the floor with some apple juice
-Rearranged a few counter top items and thinned out the junk on top of the fridge
-Put the doors back on around the stove (the were already being stripped when I took the pic)
-It also appears that we finally got the lid on the garbage can correctly. That’s a tough one.


Well, how did you do?



We are really glad that this project is over. I LOVE the kitchen but it was pretty time consuming. The stove that lights by itself is an amazing thing. With our old stove you would have to light a lighter and then turn the knob in order to light any burner. Not only was it annoying, but fairly dangerous.



Little Walter was really good throughout the project. As I have mentioned in other posts, he would take stuff out of the cabinets several times a day, but he never messed with the cleaning products.



Here is a picture of little Walter in the box for the light fixture. He seems to have a mild fascination with cardboard. He loves boxes.