Finished Kitchen

Our kitchen is finally done!  It has been a long winter full of construction, but it was worth it.  It turned out perfect.  My favorite thing is having the wall gone between the living room and kitchen.  It opens the area up so much and makes the space seem much bigger.

My eating area is large enough now that we can all fit in it.  I just need to get a table now that will seat us all.  My plan is to build a long farmhouse table this summer.  I love the windows around it that bring in so much light and allow me to see the kids playing in the yard.

I love my cooktop.  It's a 6 burner gas one.

My pantry is awesome.  We have a fridge in it to store the 10 gallons of milk that we buy each week.  And I have a counter that I keep the toaster and bread on, to hide away that mess.  And it's a perfect color of cheery blue.  It's perfect.

My island has a beautiful farm apron sink and two dishwashers on either side of it (they have panels to disguise them as cupboards). 

It's gorgeous, right?  And looking at it, it's easy to think its finished, but then I step outside and realize that we've still got a lot of work to do.

We still have to build the addition upstairs.  We are adding a bathroom and bedroom in the attic space above the garage.  You can see where that will go in these pictures.  It will come out as a gable roof.

And we have all the sprinklers that need repaired in the backyard.

And we have to build a new deck.

And we have to put stucco on the whole new kitchen addition.  They are waiting till the upstairs is done, so they can do it all at once and have it match.

Our backyard is a mess of wood waiting to be used in the upstairs addition, and dirt left over from when they excavated for the kitchen.  Josh has had fun burning the scrap pieces of wood, and has had a fire going every day for the last 5 days. 

 

I know it can all be repaired, but it's hard to see my yard in such rough shape.  My yard has always been my favorite thing about this house.  I just have to remind myself that it really will be worth it in the end!