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 :-)