Let there be progress!

We have cabinets! And countertops! And even a working gas range and dishwasher! Here is the progress to date. Still in the cue: tile backsplash (sink, range, and coffee bar area - which also needs electrical work so that we can move the coffee pot and toaster over), paint, floor patching, patch and paint the window, replace baseboards, and acquire some cool stools for the bar. And we need the glue smell to go away (see fan in window). And the countertop fabricators cut corners, measured some things wrong, and overall need to come back to fix a few things. The bumper-looking things on the end of the bar countertops are exactly that - bumpers. Grayson nearly gave himself a black eye on one of the exposed corners within a few hours of completion of the countertops. Ouch.

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I see that a couple of villagers have posted comments. Please know that I am not ignoring them. For a reason I'm not privy to, I cannot respond to comments or post my own comments on this, my blog. Lo siento.

"Workerman" in striped leggings.

All cabinets are in and the hood is hung. Dishwasher is being plumbed (by the man of the house), range needs gas line run, farmhouse sink needs help of a second strong man to be lifted off the floor. Countertops and cabinet knobs might be in by the end of the year.

On a side note....

This has little, if anything, to do with the kitchen renovation, but thought I'd share. Three years and two weeks old and the little bird took his first solo pedals last night. First he walked, then he pedaled. Tomorrow he'll fly! Here's snapshot of the tail end of the adventure (copy and paste into your browser): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2-4WBMuqr_HbC1xVXVQbHd4ZVE/edit?usp=sharing

Drywall, Drywall everywhere.

Kitchen Redo - Post Demolition

After the dust settled - Plastic Barrier up. Cabinets, sink, tile and paneling gone. Wall separating the kitchen and DR disappears and frame built for the bar.

Woodford Kitchen - "Before", kind of.

Technically, the actual "before" pictures can be found many pages deep in this blog. The color palette went from dirty lavender and pink, to spritely appletini and grounded brown. The green and brown were used to eradicate the former (lavender), and were meant to be temporary. Now, years later, we have reached the summer of our ultimate discontent with the kitchen. Missing handles, sticking drawers, burned countertops (which we inherited), and a well-timed IKEA kitchen sale spurred a kitchen renovation. The plan: cut the wall separating the kitchen from the dining room in half. Add an overhanging bar on this new peninsula. Replace all cabinets, find a new stove and dishwasher (we've been co-habitating with a moody portable dishwasher), and so on.

Revisiting the Project

After a multi-year hiatus, we are revisiting the Woodford Project. The front landscaping is going wild. What a difference a year or two makes. In addition to building raised moss-rock planters, and planting grass and wildflowers, we planted an oak tree last year, hung a swing and porch swing, and are now in the midst of a kitchen renovation (pictures of this coming).