kitchen

I fully intended to take pictures before we started tearing apart the kitchen, and I meant to take some in the process, too. But I forgot. The only one I have before is the day we moved in, when there were boxes everywhere.
Here's the same view now.

Here's kind of a weird angle, but it shows the floor, countertop, backsplash, sink, and wall.

I know no one else cares, but I do so I'm showing it anyway. :) Jay & his dad worked so hard putting in the tile floor and backsplash, and countertops last weekend. Jay finished the tiling and grouting over this past weekend, and I painted it all Thursday afternoon and then whenever I could squeeze it in over the weekend.

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but here's what we (and by "we," I mostly mean Jay) did:

• *replaced porcelain cabinet knobs with brushed nickel ones
• *put in under-cabinet lights
• *took down curtains & vertical blinds; replaced with faux wood blinds
• *put in new countertops
• *new tile backsplash
• *replaced linoleum floor with ceramic tile
• *replaced white cast-iron sink with stainless sink and fixture (THANK YOU RON AND JANIE!!!!)
• *painted

Now putting in new lighting is the only thing left. It was so much fun cooking dinner last night! It was even fun doing dishes. :) I love our new sink. I didn't mind the way the old sink looked, but every time I put any pot or cookie sheet or anything metal in it, it got all marked up. We could even give Jenna a bath in this sink! If I thought she wouldn't try to stand up and flip over the edge, I would...