The last four weeks may have been some of the longest of my life. An absolute mess of a house coupled with the last few very stressful weeks of school was certainly not easy, but we survived...and, it was totally worth it.
Much thanks to my mom, Mark, and Thyme for visiting this weekend and helping put the kitchen back in total working order. My mom had much patience with me as I stressed about putting everything in the perfect location, and she even scrubbed the floor on her hands and knees...twice. Mark and Thyme did much entertaining of the girls, something that allowed way more work to be done than otherwise would have been. I don't want to think about what the house would still be looking like without them. We have wonderful family all around...without Pat and Roger's open house and kitchen, this whole process would have been nearly impossible. Thank you everyone!!!
A complete view.
Our new desk area...this used to be a closet in the room behind the desk. There were two closets in the office, so we didn't hesitate to eliminate one in exchange for this new area.
Eat-in island (it's dark espresso brown even though it looks black in the pictures).
Pass-through into dining room. This used to be the wall with our kitchen stove-top and microwave. One thing you can't see well in the pictures is the distressing in the cabinet "creases" for lack of a better word. It's a deep brown - to match the island and the crown molding.
Pass through from dining room perspective. It's amazing how much bigger the dining room now feels with this window. We will definitely use the dining room much more often now.
Complete view from dining room.So there you have it... I'm realizing now it'd be fun to have before and after's side-by-side. I'll have to do that sometime - and sometime might actually be soon now that school's out! Other than a few odds and ends - trim, tile grout in entryway/hallway, completed backsplash - everything is nearly finished. Bon appetite!
What an awesome transformation! It is beautiful!
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