Kitchen Progress

Yay!  So last you knew, we'd just covered the studs with drywall and filled the pantry with shelves.

Then Tyler taught himself how to mud and tape the walls with incredible success, and we'll just shampoo the carpet after we're all done remodeling.  That goes without saying, right?  He did a fantastic job on the new doorway to the kitchen.  We used bull-nose corner bead because we wanted a rounded edge to the wall there and it turned out really great!  

In the picture below, you can see the area at the top of the room in the corners where we removed the space-wasting soffit that used to be above our old cabinets.  Doing that involved repairing the ceiling and it was really intimidating, but Ty did a marvelous job!  I'm so proud of my wonderful husband!  You can also see the new light fixture above the sink that he installed.  I love him!

Trying to live and cook in a kitchen that's being remodeled is not an easy thing.  The pole-sander in the corner next to the stove made the sanding easier, but the whole business is a very messy, drywall-dust-covered affair!  

The above photo shows how the walls looked underneath the old cabinets.  Apparently, some one in the past was trying to find a wall-stud with a hammer, instead of using his brain.  That's the only way to explain the mess over the stove.  I looked this way for about three weeks and then last Friday, Ty did the texturing and priming, and on Saturday, Ty and his brother hung the upper cabinets.  

I came home from steaming grape juice at my friend's house with all the kids in tow, and this is what greeted me in the kitchen.

Wonder of Wonders!!

Miracle of Miracles!

And it was only one more day before the floor was mended, and the lower cabinets started getting put together!  You can see how excited Lizzy is about that!  

I think I'm going to go clear off my fridge right now.

Ty is very careful and thoughtful about everything.

Here it is finished!  Connected together and to the wall and the floor.  I am overjoyed!

Tomorrow, the countertop!

This is Kurt, as Wolverine, on Monday. 

At least the costume didn't come with adamantium claws.

Here's a funny pic.  Apparently I have a One- headed, Two-Bodied, Three-armed, Four-legged child lurking some where in my house.  Maybe it came with the new cabinets.

This is a terrible picture of a cell phone pic of the wallpaper I've ordered for the kitchen backsplash area.  Butterflies and Red flowers with green leaves on cream/tan background.  Well?