#Microblog Mondays: The Kitchen...is MOSTLY Done!

It's been a long two months, but it's been amazing the transformation that's taken place in our kitchen.

Originally we decided to redo the kitchen on the advice of a realtor, when we were thinking of moving a little more imminently. But now, this renovation kind of exploded and is so beautiful that we have to stay for a few more years to get some enjoyment out of it (and recover).

I think it's totally worth it.

Here are two before pictures:

Looking in towards the dining room after we cleaned it all out.
I HATED that wallpaper from the start.
I did not install it. :)

Looking towards the fence, you'll see
a new picture with the same fence but
it looks WAY different. 

So, it seems narrow, yes? And the windows DID NOT OPEN. The over-sink ones because they were old and the casement handles were missing (and no screens), and the big one because it was painted shut by the same person who installed the wallpaper (not me).

Here is the transformation:

Love the tiny tiles accenting behind
the stove... up close they look like
seaglass. And isn't that window area
SO MUCH BETTER?

New pull-sprayer faucet, bump-out window that
makes the whole thing seem sooo much bigger,
and counter-depth fridge so we can walk around
each other. Love that tile. 

Bump out, unobstructed view of the backyard and
The Shed That Bryce Built.

SO MUCH MORE usable space after shrinking
that window. Amazing the difference that
shift made. 

The glorious bookcase. Also hiding the doorway to
the cellar stairs. 

Obviously we will have to repaint the dining room,
can't wait to get that all back to normal.
The floors are slate Pergo, look SO REAL but
are laminate. Sneaky, sneaky.

Looking into the dining room, similar view as a before shot.

I just can't get enough of this After shot to compare with the Before...
Such. A. Difference. 

I am excited for the renovation to be over, to come home to no people in my house, no dust showing up in odd places, no locking-up of the cats in the little room, and no more eating out because our kitchen is Occupied... I swear I have a layer of renovation around my waistline.

The end, until we get it looking a little more lived in, a little less catalog-y.

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