Kitchen Reno ...

When we bought our house a year and a half ago we had toyed with the idea of redoing the kitchen.  Don't get me wrong, the kitchen was completely functional however; being in such an old house there is limited storage space and this included limited space in the kitchen. 

Seeing as my dad designs kitchens it only made sense to talk to him about it.  He measured, drew up plans, and gave us a quote.  And then, we saved saved saved :)  

We decided that doing the reno right at the completion would be the perfect time ... right?! ;)

So, after school got out I packed up our kitchen and then two days later - our new kitchen was delivered! 

It was a WHOLE lot of cabinets!  But, first - we had to demo {or rather the hubs had to demo!}

And that he did, with a little help from the pup ...

And a little help from both our dads! 

The next day - mom and I headed to our cousin's graduation open house and let the boys begin the install! 

They worked SO hard ALL day! 

I think the highlight for the hubs was using the nailer - which now he swears he needs one of his own :)

Work continued the next day ....

After taking my parents out for breakfast {as a thank you for ALL their help with the install}, the hubs definitely passed out!  I just noticed now in this picture that apparently Otis thought he should cuddle with one of his toys - he put his hot dog on his back, ha! 

Later that evening more work continued as we added the pulls to the drawers ...

AND then a week later - our counter-top was delivered and the hubs dad came down to help install that. 

This project definitely would not have happened without the help of our dads, and the hubs hard work too!  While we still have white cabinets on the wall - we enlarged the island {a ton!} and changed that to grey cabinets along with adding a pantry cabinet.  We are still going to redo the backsplash and change our lighting ... but that probably will wait until fall to be completed.

I cannot wait to use our new countertop to bake cookies galore on!! :)

And of course I must include a picture of the pup.  He was a trooper as our house was a construction zone and earned a new giraffe {his favorite toy}.  He disappeared at one point while we were working and apparently decided giraffe had to see the great outdoors :)