We pulled it all of though, with very few hitches. We married off the McAnany's (Jenny and Pat) and had an absolute blast doing it. Some of the pictures made it online (facebook), some didn't.
For this post, I'm going to take you back to the beginning and bring you into the present.
The first two pictures are the kitchen pretty much as we found it back at the end of March.
Now we'll jump ahead to mid June after we had knocked the wall out between the kitchen and living room and Jesse had some of the kitchen framed in.
Late June: We have our cement backerboard installed over our subfloor and Jesse has fabricated the toe-kicks for the cabinets. Things are starting to come together...
Mid July: We have drywall! And the travertine floor has been back-breakingly lain/laid?
Mid to late July - we have cabinets! They came on a pallet - Jesse's job was to figure out how and where to assemble them. You'd think this would be easy - but it's only easy for a trained, experienced cabinet dude. Below is the progression of the installation. This took about two working days-ish. As a side note, this is maybe a week before our guests were to arrive.
You can taste it, can't you? Well, here it is - kind of. We still don't have any cabinet doors, drawers or hardware, but darnit, we have appliances. And shelves. And a plywood sub-countertop. I wish we had a picture of everything without all of the supplies - but please realize that this all took place the DAY that Shannon and Dave were scheduled to arrive. Thank goodness their flight was delayed seven hours or so...
As a reminder, this is the kitchen we had planned:
Just because I'm a bragger, check out the bannana hook!
Another set of before and afters: the dining room.
If you enlarge the picture below, you'll see what we moved into as far as 'window trim' goes. Not much.
Remember our makeshift counterspace from the time before permits? Last March - May?
And now, with the skill of Jesse, our lovely dining area. Our window trim is not finished - it's lacking primer and paint and such, but you get the idea.
Below are a couple pictures of our beautiful floor. Oye! The work that went into this. (I'm sure Jesse says that about everything, but the floor was the one thing that I really really can say that I did a lot of the work for.)
Just in case you wanted a close-up of our pendant lights -- there are three of these above the bar-height eating area that separates the kitchen and living room.
We also finally have window screens and blinds in the back of our house - the bedrooms. Here is a shot of the office.
We've still got a ways to go, but we're on our way. Jesse's parents are coming for a visit next week. After that it's:
1 - Finish cabinets (doors, drawers, etc.)
2 - Granite counter tops
3 - Backsplash
Then maybe we'll take a break before beginning the bathroom renovation - which includes moving, building, or removing five walls. Hahahahahahaha!!!
We'll keep you posted!
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