Kitchen After!

There are still things to finish: finish attaching baseboards, seal the grout, put polyuerathane on the cabinets, touch up, etc., etc. but you get the idea!! We began in October, but as you know have had a few detours, so it has been a very LONG process. Sorry for the picture overload, but just imagine that you stopped by to see us and since this is exactly how my kitchen always

looks(!), here ya go!

My husband installed the floor and I mopped it especially for y'all! If I could take back one appliance purchase, it would be my dishwasher. It is not a tall tub and I can barely fit any pots or pans on the bottom rack~so if you're in the market for a dishwasher, make sure it has a tall tub.

This is where I enter the blogging world! I just know there is a cute chair lurking at a yard sale somewhere this summer that will fit perfectly here...
my little Pottery Barn corner: my wanna be homemade Pottery Barn chalkboard $8, my Pottery Barn picture shelves from a yard sale: $6 each, and my $29 Pottery Barn curtains from where else? Ebay!

this is the only time you will see my fridge with no fingerprints and no water marks! I had to document it :)

desk~the plant is REAL~any bets on how long it will last? I haven't had the best luck with keeping plants alive...

tile backsplash!

And some of the details...

bowl of green apples (yeah, they are fake)

I painted it black! I was SO scared to do it, and debated and went back and forth, but I love it. I don't freak out (as much!) when the kids are sitting there kicking it.
above the fridge...
above the cooktop...I found the tiles clearanced for .99 each! I love them. Those silver medallion things were $6 each, and the border was the most expensive thing~7 bucks a pop. Ouch...

my $7.48 roman shades from clearance at Target~wahoo!

..and a final note:

Thanks for coming to our kitchen!