Cabinets in and Appliances on the way

Today is a big milestone...our appliances are being delivered.  So here I sit in my 4 hour delivery window, working from home....waiting, waiting, waiting.  I can't wait! 

Cabinets have been installed and are waiting final touches, countertops are tentative for end of next week. Little by little the kitchen is getting put back together and we are LOVING the way it is headed.

Here are a few pictures of the cabinets as they stand now.

Demo DAY!!!!

Today is the day!  We walked out of the house this morning to go to work and school, then to Lake Tahoe for vacation for a week knowing the kitchen "should" be gone by the time we come home.  Sequoia has free range of Ooma's room (our guest room) and the majority of the backyard; a dog sitter will come check on her twice a day for food/water/loving and walks. I have one of the nanny cams turned on and pointed toward the kitchen so we can check in now and then on the progress (so far nothing has happened, whomp whomp).

Kyle and I took down the glass front uppers this weekend and reinstalled them in his man cave outside....boy was that a beast and I am SSSSOOOOO glad we did that before I started my 8 week fitness challenge because I don't think I could lift a pillow now.  They will be a great addition to the bar area and allow him to keep pint glasses and such out there ready and not less dusty.

This morning before leaving we all took some swings at the old kitchen.  I had my way with the tile and wood bullnose and Killian went to town on a couple walls.  Boy was he in little boy heaven, HA!  As I mentioned before I sure wish Kyle and I had the time and energy to do the work ourselves, think of the money we could save?!?!  But seriously, it would be so rewarding being able to say we remodeled out kitchen by ourselves!  Oh well, this way it will get done faster and probably turn out a lot better in the end.  

I can't wait to see what we come home to!!!  

Here Goes Nothing and By Nothing I mean Kitchen Remodel!

So life has become too stagnant...we've got this 2 kiddo thing down pat, can do it in our sleep, why not undertake a kitchen remodel, right?!?!  What the heck am I saying....life will never be stagnant with our two boys BUT we are about to start a kitchen remodel.  Boy oh boy am I excited!!!  I can't wait.  We are knocking down walls, moving appliances, redoing flooring, installing an island, building a pantry and getting new appliances.  Contractor comes to meet with us about final move out and start date this Thursday.  We head to Tahoe next Wednesday night and come back to a demolished kitchen, WAHOO!!!!

Here is my inspiration board on pinterest ( https://www.pinterest.com/sirgens/kitchen-refresh/ ).  I'm drawn to the greys and whites so I can change things up with accessories vs. replacing major items again in the future. So many things on our wish list and so little space in the kitchen but being able to customize it to what we want is thrilling!

I'm going to try to post updates on here so we can look back at the progress. Supposed to take about 3 months start to finish, we shall see!  Needless to say, I am stoked that we are actually taking the plunge and doing this while the boys are still young and opening up the first floor.  So much more functional and mama friendly :-)

Lots of crockpot and BBQ meals in our future this summer.  Hopefully we can bum a few dinners off friends and explore new restaurants to pass the kitchenless stage. 

Now for the before pictures:

And a couple very preliminary mock-ups of the new kitchen, still in the refinement stage :-)