Christmas in July.

The time has come, ladies and gentlemen….

The BIG reveal.  Our NEW kitchen!

First, let’s take a look back – here’s what we had when we moved in:

That was the view when you came in the front door and walked straight back to the kitchen.  So pretty.  Below, the view from the dining room.  Love the cave-like arched doorway and the saloon-style doors.

One more – here’s a wall in the kitchen that was completely unused.  Except as space for a clock.  Which is an awesome use of space.

Now for the AFTERS.   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, are you ready?  Here you go…

View when you come in the front door and walk straight back to the kitchen now:

And, the view from the dining room now (you can’t totally tell from the shot, but yes, we said a sad goodbye to the saloon doors):

What we did with the clock wall:

One more, of the wall with the range and microwave:

There is a single, glistening tear of joy rolling down my cheek.  We are done with the biggest renovation we’ve ever tackled/lived through.  Better still, the kitchen turned out exactly how I saw it in my dreams.

I should note that there are still things to be done.  I am playing with changing out lightbulbs once again, the bookshelf upper cabinet is not styled to my liking (we have lost a box of cookbooks in this house.  we will find them.  but not today.), we need a doormat for the back door and maybe a small area rug, etc. etc.  But it is functional.  It is clean.  It is largely unpacked.  We still have empty drawers and cabinets to fill.  But we are totally getting there.

More soon.  I have a post in my head on sources and lessons learned.  For now, time to clean up and go grill.

Happy weekend!

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