Wow, did we ever have a great Thanksgiving.  The girls adored playing with their grandparents, we ate a fabulous smorgasbord meal, and even banged out some more on the kitchen project.  Wanna see?

OK, to refresh your memory, this is where we last left the kitchen.

Not bad, right?  For the most part, the upper cabinets were installed.  The lower units….not so pretty.  The sink corner was still the original worn oak cabinets and we had slapped the old linoleum counter top back on leaving odd gaps and tipsy surfaces.  But it was workable.  In addition to the old cabinets, I still had that awful paint all over the walls.  Picture the sky on an overcast cold day.  Now paint that on your walls.  Because really, everyone who lives in the NW needs more reminders of dreary rain days, right?  

With a few days off, Papa and Kevin decided to tackled the next phase of the kitchen.  Install the final sink base cabinets and counter top.  This was an ordeal because it meant they had to removed my sink for a few days and I had to take everything out of the cabinets.  Chaos, chaos, chaos.

First, the sink and old disgusting cabinets were removed leaving a very large and ominous hole.

To make this space, everything had to be jammed all over the place.  This is where the chaos started.  What you see below is the dishwasher, kitchen table, displaced stuff and the kitchen sink sitting on saw horses.  Not so nice, right?  But do you see the new paint job?  Sunny yellow!  Yes!

The men worked quickly and professionally and after only a few days, order was restored.  Here, now is the first official reveal of the beautiful new counter tops.  Enjoy…

Pretty, huh?  I was debating waiting on the counters and going spendy with granite but I decided to give these butcher block tops a try.  The price difference saved us, literally, thousands and Kevin & my dad were able to install them in a day.  What a deal.  Now, when I enter my kitchen, instead of moldy and grey, I see sunny and beautiful.  I’m so so so happy. 

OK, there is still on thing missing.  Can you spot it?  The back-splash tile.  I need to find me a tile store pronto so I can put this kitchen to rest finally.  I’m thinking white with blue flowers or maybe a twining vine.  We’ll see.   But seriously people, my kitchen rocks!

Of course, while we were working in the kitchen, Tutu was off running interference with the girlies.  I don’t know what they were playing but I know they were having fun.  Can’t you tell?