The Everlasting Kitchen Project

As you all know, we were without a kitchen from July to end of October, and didn’t have a fully working one until this past month. Yikes…..  I can tell you it was all worth it, but just barely.  Haha, not really, but it IS pretty hard to forget how difficult the whole process was as well.  😉  Especially when my tidy house looked like this for 3 long months:

We literally had 9 weeks of delays and 7 of those, were at a COMPLETE AND UTTER STANDSTILL!
I was cooking on the floor of the living room in a toaster oven, or making salads, or having Dale grill. We had no electricity or running water in the kitchen, which meant numerous trips back and forth from the laundry room.

It was interesting to say the least!  I told you more about it in this post.

Through it all, even through our grumbles, we smiled and said, thank you Lord for blessing us with a new kitchen!  You can’t even imagine how in awe we all were, the day we had a sink in the kitchen again. With real running water coming out of it.  And lights? Oh how I missed flipping on a switch.  We really have it so good and don’t even know it!

In the end, it turned out so beautifully, just like we imagined.  And the Lord even threw in a few bonuses, like a couple refunds for our trouble, a bonus $800 island light for $150.  Or a fancy Bosch oven for half off…WITH convection options! 😉

Here are some photos of the before and afters.

Before:

During:

Last Christmas BEFORE new floors and wall removal. That post is here.
We found original 1928 wood floors under the carpet!

Last Christmas AFTER new floors and wall removal:
This Christmas after Kitchen Remodel:
Eeek! Thank you Jesus! It’s a dream come true.

 And, after cooking in a broken, crooked door 1970’s oven for 12 years, I had finally decided I just wasn’t a very good baker.  Burnt bottom breads, with gooey undercooked centers, seemed to be my fate. UNTIL NOW!  
  I just made a perfect batch of Pumpkin Cinnamon Bread, that looked like they came out of a Taste of Home Magazine, AND they fell right out of their pan in perfect form, no knife holes and chunks missing! Guess ovens do matter?

We can’t forget this amazing moment….. Dale wanted to try the convection oven feature, so he announced that he and the littles would be making cookies for us!  {swoon}

  I have always dreamed of having bricks in my kitchen, and I am beyond excited at how warm and cozy it makes the kitchen look.

  I would’ve never picked a grey slate toned counter top, but with its warm golden flecks, it looks like it was made to go with this brick.
  (Which is from a totally different company, and we looked at a photo and just guessed and prayed it would match!!!!!!!)
  The mason couldn’t remember which one we wanted, and order this set instead.  I think God knew just what we needed, because his whoops turned out WAY better than we could’ve imagined!

We aren’t done yet, its getting there, but I had to show you some pics of the progress!  

  I am excited to be pulling out some of the old things Papa left to us from his treasure hunting days, as well as some old favorites from Farm Auctions this summer.


  I want to get out the decorations for the tops of the cupboards, but we aren’t done painting yet, so for now I just switched around some of the decor on the buffet to make new spots.

 Because now, I have an island shelf I get to use for function and fun!

We are also still waiting for the electrician to come do under cabinet lighting, and get the electric starter on the gas stove working, as well as my disposal, which I miss terribly! 🙂

Hugs, T

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