WE GOT NEW CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN

Can you tell I'm excited! Matt's Granddad did it! And they are in the house and absolutely BEAUTIFUL! We also got a new dishwasher for Christmas. The first week of January was a really, really good week for 5054's kitchen.

Just as a reminder, here is the awkward space we were working with before. Cooking on a cliff.

Upper cabinets, but no lowers. We will never know. 

I also peeled off the back splash in an attempt to prep this countertop for the new one to match what was going in on the other side of the stove. More laminate, but just a temporary top until we get the new stuff. (Still totally better than what was there) Getting this small piece of countertop off was quite the experience. The plywood is nailed and glued all the way around with 4 inch nails. Apparently when they did it, green laminate was the rage and they must have assumed no one would ever want to take it off. Well, they were sadly mistaken. It does make me nervous about the removal process all the way around the kitchen, but MLW made the executive decision that we will be calling in the pros for that. 

And boom! They.are.so.pretty. And perfect and above and beyond what we thought they could look like. MLW's Granddad is the bomb. 

Look how much more finished the whole kitchen looks with them in. They aren't even painted and its a huge improvement!

View looking the other way. I can't wait to start priming these babies and putting them to good use!

Our other major kitchen improvement was a new dishwasher! And thank goodness for it. The old one, was purchased used, plugged in with a spliced extension cord and scotch tape=terrifing. This one is spanking new and installed safely and correctly. It is also quite as a mouse.

So pretty!

So if you are following along here is the kitchen to-do list:

-Paint chalk board wall on back wall

-Add shaker style detailing to flat bottom cabinets (see this tutorial)

-Add pantry and lower cabinets to random side of stove 

-Paint uppers "Decorator's White" by BM

-Paint lowers a blue/grey slate

-Replace all hardware with ballin' brass hardware (that I already purchased when it went on sale)

-New Countertops

-Subway tile backsplash with grey grout (dark grout=less dirty looking)

-Get a new dishwasher to match stove and fridge 

-Actually install hood above stove 

-Replace lighting 

-Style all those pretty glass uppers

-Cook something yummy when its all done 

2 more things done! I love progress, and lists and changes in the kitchen.

See ya'll soon!

Betsy