I must make a confession...wait, maybe you already knew this....we hired a contractor. So, as much as I wanted to repaint the 1,600 (ok, maybe a slight over exaggeration) cabinets that are in the kitchen, I will not (I'm actually smiling on the inside). When we sat down and thought about it, we spend a good portion of our lives in the kitchen. You saw the before pics... it was pretty bad in there. And as we started discovering, the lady that lived there before either asked a friend who had no clue what he/she was doing, or hired someone that had no knowledge in handy work/construction. The repair work was really shotty and way more stuff then we realized needed to be done. In the end, we decided we couldn't handle seeing that kitchen everyday in the state it was in; not to mention, my work on it would have been very slow, considering I would really only have the weekends to get things done.
Our cabinets are in really good condition, so no need to buy new ones. Those are getting repainted (as we speak in fact, I was just at the house :) I went to the granite yard today, and holy moly, if we didn't already know what color we wanted, we would be in a world of hurt....there are so many options, how do you make up your mind!?! The old florescent fixture has been torn out and replaced with can lights and will get a nice moulding around the inset. It will be my job, however, to paint the kitchen...no biggie. I could go on and on, but the important thing, is that we are moving forward! Here's some progress pic's:
Coming up next...the backyard! Unfortunately, I was in LA celebrating my twin nieces first birthday when Tige ripped out the backyard, so I don't have pictures of that, but I'll at least have some before and after shots. It's definitely something that will take time and be a work in progress....there is A LOT of work that needs to be done and no money to do it! Until next time.....
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