kitchen update

we are running at 95% in the kitchen.... besides some trim work and toe kicks, a little more organizing, and the cabinet hardware, the kitchen is unpacked and fully assembled. robby hung the upper cabinets this week and worked on the finish panels for the cabinets. so last night we worked hard to get the boxes unpacked... finally. 

here are a few pics from this morning... 

the pot rack from IKEA that fits the space perfectly (literally within 1/4"). it is taking some getting used to for me to see all the cookware out, but i think i will like the function of it.

we're hanging siding today and tomorrow trying to get it finished this weekend. we'll see...

we are alive!

we have just been busy with other things... like a quick vacation! sorry for no posts in ages, but we really haven't gotten a lot done lately. 

we do have a kitchen at 75% function... the range is in place but still not working, and we still have no upper cabinets for the kitchen. we're going to IKEA to this weekend to remedy that. we also started working on the siding. we managed to get one small side finished last weekend. remember the story about "how do you eat an elephant? one bite at a time"... here are the newest little bites we've taken. 

the other side of the kitchen not previously shown... the range is beautiful sitting there. i just can't wait for it to work! (we need a gas line... it's a sore subject at our house)

the rest of the bar cabinets filled in... still no hardware. 

and the beginning of the siding. robby finished that entire side by himself from this point... my computer crashed that evening (blue screen of death) so i never made it back outside to help. he is really good at working alone!

the finished result, for the most part. still some trim work to do to this side. and obviously we need to prime it soon. 

for now, that's it.