We Have Floors!!

So...it has been a while since I have written a post. Needless to say we are behind schedule. With Jake getting sick, taking a family vacation, and Jake starting grad school we may just have a little too much going on. With that being said, we have made some great progress in the kitchen and it is all starting to come together!! 

This last week Jake's brother Jesse and his family visited us in Green Bay! Jesse helped Jake level the floors and install our new flooring! What a huge help he was! It looks so fantastic...I love it! My kitchen is starting to look like it has come out of a magazine. It makes me super excited to decorate for Christmas! 

This weekend we are hoping to make big strides in the house! Stay tuned for a Sunday night update!

I Can Organize!!

This last week Fin and I were in MN Monday through Friday as I was there for a work trip! We both had a wonderful week visiting with family and friends!!

Jake was hard at work while we were gone. He primed and painted all of the doors and drawers. He installed them and attached soft close hinges and all of the pulls! Priming and painting took most of the week as both sides of the doors required a coat of primer and two coats of paint. 

The majority of the cabinets are now done with the exception of one of the small upper cabinets which will be installed after the microwave is installed and the pantry corner unit.

I am so excited that most of the cabinets are done!! I can FINALLY start to unpack boxes and organize all of our kitchen stuff. We have literally been living out of boxes since we moved from our house in June! I am also in the major nesting phase of pregnancy and am more than happy to spend countless hours sorting, organizing, and cleaning!!

This Monday Jake starts grad school and we are taking a vacation to Montgomery, AL at the end of the week! We are still hoping to get a few things done in the kitchen but with a short week, we may just have to wait!

Out with the Old, In with the New!

The theme of this weekend was "out with the old and in with the new." A lot of forward progress was made and I am very excited to share the pictures!

Fin and I spent a short weekend at my parent's house to give Jake all day Saturday to make uninterrupted progress in the kitchen.

Jake removed the old base cabinets, sink, and plumbing. He then leveled the floors to make room for the new kitchen cabinets.

He installed the new base cabinets!

Installing the new counters is something he has done in the past....however, when he went to install the counters he found out that the counter which holds the sink was an inch and a half too long. Luckily, Jake was planning to cut the sink hole. He was able to cut an inch and a half off of the straight edge of the counter and the opposite corners ended up matching up perfectly! 

He then cut the sink hole and installed the counters, dishwasher, sink, faucet, garbage disposal, and hooked up all of the plumbing. Speaking of the sink - everyone should be very jealous of my new sink! We chose to install a single basin sink - it is awesome and we are both so happy about this decision already!!

Although the cabinets do not yet have doors and/or drawers you can see below all of the progress which we have made so far! I added the old pictures so you can see just how far we have come so far! 

 

This week Jake will have four nights to himself after work where he will be able to work uninterrupted on the kitchen project. I have to go to MN for work and Fin will be coming with me!

Preparing for Transformation Weekend

Jake spent the week doing some odd and end project preparing for this upcoming weekend where it is out with the old cabinets, counters, and sink and in with the new cabinets, counter, and sink! I could not be more excited!

There were a few places on the walls that needed to be touched up... one being an area where we changed our plan and will know have a little nook for our coffee pot, mail, etc. The other being a small mistake that was missed prior to installing the drywall. The outlet for the refrigerator needed to be moved six inches to the right in order for the cabinets to fit in place correctly and to still be able to plug in the fridge. 

All of the base cabinets are now primed and painted and ready to be installed! the doors are not quite ready, but I would prefer to keep those off until the end to avoid nicks and dents when installing the flooring and trim.

We also spent a good amount of time this week looking at, discussing, and disagreeing on a back-splash for the kitchen and lighting for both the kitchen and dining room... we still have not reached a decision or agreement. We had such an easy time agreeing on everything else for this project - eventually we will see eye to eye!

This weekend Fin and I took a mini trip to my parent's house to give Jake time to demo the old base cabinets, counters, and sinks and replace them with the new ones! 

I am very excited for the next blog as more and more of the kitchen is slowly being completed!!!

One Month In...Where We Are At!

We are officially one month into this massive project. So far everything is going very well! We are a tiny bit behind schedule due to some illness hitting our house! However, we are still on track to be done by October 23rd! Two weeks from now I will be able to look into the kitchen and dining room and it will be a total transformation.

So, where are we at?? Well this past weekend we made huge progress! 

The new sink, faucet, and garbage disposal arrived on Friday. The new counters arrived on Saturday and on Sunday the new appliances arrived!

On Saturday Jake worked on sanding cabinets while I worked on priming and painting them! On Sunday I finished the second coat of paint in the kitchen. Jake installed a new back door - we had timed this to happen when the new appliances were delivered because the door had to be completely removed, not to mention it was an old wooden door that was completely warped and impossible to shut. Sunday afternoon my dad helped Jake hang the upper cabinets in the kitchen. He is capable of installing the base cabinets but it was sure nice to have someone stronger than me to help install the uppers! 

Although the pictures don't particularly show the large amount of progress that was made over the weekend....believe me, we are getting closer and both Jake and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel...still a ways away, but it is there!

priming and painting cabinets

new counters!!

time for the old door to go!

new door! - still needs paint, but it was a chilly day to have no door :)

new dishwasher and microwave

new fridge and stove - they took the old appliances so we have to use them right away.

hanging cabinets

two of the upper cabinets installed!

Friday Night Fun!

Last night I completed painting our accent wall by applying the second coat of paint! The accent color throughout our house is a dark orange color named "aged cognac." It is similar to a color we had in our old house and was my favorite color that we had used. It looks great!

Jake is working on sanding, priming, and painting our new cabinets! Six out of fourteen cabinets are sanded and primed! We bought stock cabinets which theoretically should not need sanding but in order to make them super smooth and look very nice we are sanding them. We are painting the cabinets an off-white color named "milk paint." All cabinet doors and drawers will get soft close hinges and oil rubbed bronze hardware!

priming cabinets

a little art on the only remaining upper cabinet

and one of Fin just because he was looking cute in fall clothes :)