Our Kitchen

I just wanted to share some pictures of our kitchen, from start to finish! Jeff did a great job on the kitchen and took extra time to ensure some of my special requests.

The front wall of our house had no windows - weird, I know! We have a pretty big kitchen, and with only 1 window on a side wall, the room was rather dark. My grandpa's kitchen has two little windows between the countertop and the cabinets, which I thought might be a good idea for our kitchen too. Jeff liked the idea, and here you can see where he started cutting out the windows.

Here he is replacing the old window over the kitchen sink with a new one.

Hanging the cabinets!

Very cool undercabinet lights - Jeff's idea :-)

Looking good! Here you can see the windows, cabinets, and the undercabinet lights are on.

This is the step down from our kitchen to the living room area. He inlaid the first step in the kitchen floor, and when the living room is finished there will be one more step halfway down.

Countertops!

Kitchen sink! Up until this point, Jeff had been washing all his dishes in the bathtub - crazy man!

Jeff did a great job tiling. Diamond pattern per my request - thank you Jeff!

Jeff painting drawers.

Brother Brian and myself painting the ceiling while Jeff supervised to make sure we didn't miss any spots.

Appliances are in and kitchen is now usable!

Time to unpack and decorate.

I love my little windows and my windowsills. And I love my husband and thank him for all the hard work he put in getting the kitchen finished before we got married - he's the best!

Aren't these the cutest measuring cups? Thank you Uncle Ben and Aunt Joy!

Our favorite mugs :-) Already used many times for hot tea.