Hooray!

We are about 99.99% done. Except for a few tweaks here and there, we are finally finished!

We are tired, but it was worth it. The space is much more bright and happy- something lacking during Wisconsin winters......more function, more space, and didn't cost us an arm and a leg.

Here are some pictures.

The tile is going in!

Wow, what a huge difference. It barely looks like my kitchen. I'm so glad that we hired professionals to install it, it is tricky due to it's thickness and glaze. Here are a few pictures before tile, before grout, during grout and after grout. I'll post more of the 99% finished kitchen later. All that's left to do is add a bit more white trim on the back of the island, and detail the crown moulding with the brown paint. But, it's finished enough!!

Darn, the Tile instal has to wait.

We were so excited that the tile installer said that he could squeeze us in and get the backsplash tile installed before Christmas. He showed up Saturday, thinking it would be a straightforward, quick job. Well, this handmade tile is thick and has a fussy glaze on the top and he needed some different equipment to cut it. Unfortunately that equipment is being used on another job and so we have to wait a week or so.

The crackle glaze just chips off so easily- hopefully it will be sturdy enough in the kitchen!

The tile is by Jeffrey Court, a hand made ceramic tile. It is their Irish Ice line, the color Donegal. It was a bit more yellow in the showroom, but I think this slightly taupier color will work just fine!

All of the doors and drawers are painted!

Wow- that took SOOOOO much longer than I thought it would. I guess if I painted every day without fail, and didn't feed my kids, and never left the house, etc. I could have finished it sooner, but life happens.

The accent painting took a very long time- I wish we would have found a way that worked better, but we didn't. It looks great, but wow, what a job. Luckily Dave has a steady hand or else it could not have happened.

We still have some left to do. The tile for the backsplash has been delayed. It is handmade, and according to the company, they were having trouble getting the color just right. Not sure if I should be worried or not. Still have to do the trim around the base of the cabinets, and the trim on the bottom of the upper cabinets (light rail moulding). But, that should be simple. Just crossing our fingers that the tile will be here before Christmas, but in the whole scheme of things in life, a tile backsplash is not too urgent.

The funny thing is that even though we added some cabinetry here and there, the kitchen feels bigger. Love that! I am glad that Dave was on board with me, or this would have been an incredibly painful process.

I will post more pictures when it is DONE. Hopefully that will be in a few weeks, but if not, we will survive.