A year PLUS.....we are heading down the home stretch

Finally I had enough energy at night to upload the photos I have taken over the last weeks and get them to this spot.  It has been a whirlwind of decisions to make that have taken a lot out of us....doing things "on the fly" is not a trait I am good at.  I need to have a plan - without one I am LOST.  So LESSON learned, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT start a renovaiton project, no matter how big or small, without a plan. It is normal to change things up, add a closet here and there, but to tear out wall after wall, demo cabinet after cabinet without knowing what you will go back with....BIG mistake!

It will be great when we are done which by the way is a few weeks away.  This week is dead time as we wait for the kitchen countertops to be fabricated.  They are scheduled to be installed on Jan. 16th, plumbers and electrician will be back on the 17th for the final fixture installs, the painters will come in on the 18-19th for touch up and then the final coat of poly goes down on the 20th....24 hrs dry time and we MOVE in.  I can't believe it!!

Here is where we are so far....
All walls were plastered and painted...

Then we started to design the kitchen - with hours and hours of design time, trying to make IKEA cabinets work, we found a fantastic cabinet maker - Amir at Royal Custom Cabinets who helped us create the modern space we wanted.  We taped off the kitchen to get used to the layout..

We are gaining tons of storage space in our little kitchen.  Next up were appliances - we LUCKED out and got a SubZero Fridge - the Mac-Daddy of fridges for a fraction of it's cost, bought a new stove, new dishwasher and even a new microwave.  I sold all of the other ones we had along with my cabinets and countertops!!

Here she is....Tahdaaaaaah..

Then we finalzed the remaining design details and started cabinet production.  We had a pantry built in and even installed a new front door...
 

As we awaited the cabinet install, we had our stairs redone a SECOND time because the first time turned out horrible.  It was money wasted and was unfortunately an amount we could have used to upgrade to concrete treads.  We did wood again and this time it turned out great. We also picked an awesome color for the floors downstairs - Stone Gray.  It is woody but with a gray tint that makes it modern.  We love the color....

 

Now we are on our way!!  The painting was completed, some of the lights installed and then came SOME of the cabinets -

Hallway between kitchen and family room

Powder Rm disco light...

Kitchen Cabinets....partially installed...YES white cabinets!!!

View looking into computer room - the old DR

Glass Upper Cabinets

My cool Orb light in the hallway...will hang over a mirror

New Sexy sultry Powder Rm!!

New stove and peninsula cabinets...

SO now we are waiting on the rest of the cabinets to come in this week and then the countertops next week.  Let's just hope a snow storm doesn't settle in and cause any more details!!