The Last Box

When I made these cards nearly 11 years ago, I never imagined that the things would remain packed so long. But it sure was fun to unpack the last boxes today. 

And I'm so grateful nothing was broken!  Just simply covered in sheet rock dust. HA!

Glad to have a much more accessible place for our china and serving pieces!  YAY!

And now it's time to move on to the upstairs bathroom, which the search for kitchen backsplash tile continues...

Quartz Time!

My goodness, things just keep getting more exciting!

Hilarious Charis sneaked upstairs to get some pics of their arrival. 

And within minutes, the first counter was in.

And then the big one!!

It took 3 guys to get the cast-iron sink mounted! 

But, man, it's beautiful.

Darcy approves!

The Coffee Counter

Wow. I feel like I'm in a showroom.

But it's never been more fun to make Chocolate Chip Cookies.  💓

Prepping for Counters

After a fun trip to The Garage for burgers with our oldest (the others were slumber-partying at BeePop's), it's time to get to work.  The counters guys arrive in the morning!

Ah, bye-bye $10 FB Marketplace sink. :-) 

Time to makes some cuts for the metal support straps - putting C to work!

James put the top back on for the night, so we don't run into the straps. How kind of him.  :-) 

Ready to go!!

Covering it all up

As much fun as it was to load the cabinets with all of our stuff, I was more than ready to cover it all up. :-) And it's time! The doors are finished and ready to be re-installed!!

Beautiful!

The girls and I left for the dentist and returned home to this wonderful sight!

Time for a final polish...

Ta-Da!!!

So, so grateful. They're gorgeous!

And, by the way, does this look familiar?  This was my inspiration pic (source) that finally helped us layout the fridge/microwave/pantry wall! Kinda fun to see it come to life in our kitchen!

Moving In

It's time to actually move into the kitchen!  Awfully fun to put things where we planned for them to go...

And get rid of the old shelves...

And load the beautiful pantry. :-) 

I also got to unpack some things that have been living upstairs for 10 years!

And in the meantime, the door work continues, with a little help. :-) 

The last of the cabinets.  Bye!!

Doors, Beautiful Doors!

Tom arrived this morning with the beautiful doors and drawer fronts!  YAY!  

After James ran out to Spencer to get a couple of the drawer fronts trimmed down, everything was just perfect! So he got them moved upstairs to his custom rack. :-) 

This proved brilliantly handy for staining and sealing - which is likely to take a few days...

Little Things

Time to seal the drawers - we've sure been grateful for this space upstairs!  Will be fun when it's actually a schoolroom/playroom/hang-out room. :-) 

Everything draped means James is getting ready to sand again... Then seal. Then sand. Repeat.

A glimpse of real-life.  Love having this central hang-out spot!

It's vent hood time! 

James rocks.

It's in!  (And he even found me a little counter for my mixer. :-) 

Drawers sealed and back in!  Come on, doors!