Our Kitchen is Finished

I can't believe it. Yesterday, Grant came for the last time to complete the few details that needed to get done. He worked for four hours in the morning, and I spent the afternoon filling the hutch and emptying the last of the boxes. The end arrived just as I am getting ready to go back to school. The timing was great. Here are some shots of our brand new kitchen from several different angles.

The shelf above the island was put in yesterday. I ordered the corbels to match my cabinets, but I bought a piece of old cypress for the shelf. 

Close up

The hutch has been attached the wall.

One of My Favorite Things

Sometimes it is the little things that make life so satisfying. I am in love with the self closing glides that I got on all my drawers. I also have roll outs on the base cabinets. Even the roll outs have self closing glides. I don't know if I will get such a kick opening and closing drawers in three years, but I sure do right now.

Kitchen 99% Done

This is the view that you see if you are between the refrigerator and the sink. I know that I made the right decision about painting the door. We love how the kitchen opens to the patio, lots of light and lots of green. 

This is the view that you get if you were standing in front of the back door. See the wooden chopping block on the island, that is one of Steve's favorite purchases.

That skinny triangle that you see is not in front of the cabinet on the far left. It is actually hanging from the ceiling fan pull. It just looks like it is on the cabinet in the picture. 

Here is another view of the island. I have an old cypress board that is going to be used as a shelf above the island along the side wall of the refrigerator. That is one of the 1% that needs to be completed. 

Almost There, But Not Done Yet

The trim was completed yesterday. Everyone thought that I was crazy to paint the back door, as it still was the varnished wood. The door was in such bad shape. I am happy with the outcome. 

I am still waiting for some molding to arrive. When it does, Grant can come back and finish the last little things. Attaching the hutch to the wall is a little thing for him, but a big thing for me. Once it is secure, I can start emptying the last of the boxes. 

Crown Molding

The crown molding went in yesterday. It really pulls it all together. 

The walls have been painted. The color is called amazing gray.

More Pieces and Parts are Completed

The cup pulls went on the drawers last week. What a difference it made to be able to open and close the drawers. I spent last weekend unpacking a majority of the boxes that were stacked in the dining room. Yeah!!!! The dining room is almost back to the way it was without all the boxes and the three extra bookshelves.

Years ago my in-laws treated us to three pine bookshelves that we put in the kitchen to use as pantry space, for books, and spill over for glasses and such. Our intention was to move the bookshelves into the second bedroom when we redid the kitchen. It took a lonnnnnng time before we could redo the kitchen. Now, we have finally rid ourselves of the mis-matched bookcases that use to live in the second bedroom and have three matching sets of shelves.

I love the big bank of drawers that I have on either side of the stove, so no more pots and pans hanging over  the kitchen sink. If you don't know where something goes, you can say, "there's a drawer for that."

The window over the sink got trimmed out yesterday.

Close-up of the new window. 

Once it gets painted, it is going to look great!

Backsplash Completed

After writing the last post about the refrigerator, I looked at the blog and realized that I had never posted pictures with the backsplash complete with grout. We cooked in the kitchen yesterday for the first time. I made a batch of brownies, and Steve made a homemade pizza for dinner. We used the dishwasher for the first time, too.