a family kitchen

before

after

it's still missing a few things (baseboards, quarter rounds, a bar stool, & some paint), but for blogging purposes lets call the fully functional kitchen complete. as you may recall our fabulous friends hung the cabinets and the resident stud did pretty much everything else. my pictures don't due it justice.

when we bought the house this space was being used as a combo kitchen/dining room and there were 3 separate living areas. now we have a kitchen, a dining room, a toy room, and a living room with dark laminate wood flooring running throughout.

we added an island. yeah storage!

brian cashed in a favor for the back splash. stinky came up one sunday morning to lay the tile, and drove back monday morning to grout it. thanks stink!

one of the problems we faced when doing the kitchen was that it had never been wired for a garbage disposal. there was no switch. brian mounted and wired a switch under the sink that can be accessed through the tilt shelf- clever clever.

pantry pull-outs- the greatest thing since sliced bread.

trash anyone? the process was exhausting, but so worth it. the kitchen is open, bright, and easy to clean. thanks to everyone who had a hand in it- we love it and you!