Counters

The granite counters went in today! Getting even closer to a finished kitchen!

Cabinets

I'm so happy with my new white cabinets! There are definitely a few things that looked different to me on the plans than they do in reality (like my drawers are huge!), but I'm getting used to it and really enjoying seeing the kitchen come back together. I'm also loving my black granite farmhouse sink in its new home.

Plumbing and Electrical

Plumbing and electrical are all in place now! Walls are going back up this week and soon counters and granite will be in place.

Reframing the Wall

Here is a view into the living room and a view into the kitchen of our newly framed wall. We planned to put the beam in for support but after taking the wall down it was determined that it wasn't necessary to have one. We still liked the look though so stuck with our original plan. After the counters are installed we will add a wooden counter to be a bar on this wall with bar stools on the living room side.

Kitchen demo

It only took a few hours to demo the kitchen! We're already loving the wall we decided to take down!

Apple Harvest

Apples! This is the first year that I have really done something with our own apples. I think a big part of that is that is that this is the first year our trees have really produced a big harvest. For the last month we've been eating them and I'll throw them in our green juice in the morning but it was time to take care of them before they were too ripe on the tree!

Titus and I spent the morning picking and sorting the apples into three categories: chickens, applesauce, and good to eat. The chickens got the not so nice apples. I spent the afternoon working on the sort of good apples to cut out the bad parts and make applesauce. And the rest of the good apples went into our extra fridge to be eaten over the next month. Chris helped me prune all the trees last winter so it's great fun to literally see the fruits of our labor.

Kitchen Before

Dad, this blogpost is dedicated to you since you regularly check here for updates. :)

We're moving forward on our kitchen remodel next week. A lot of it was torn up already last year when we were working on other improvements to our home. I slowly lost cabinets, my sink window, and added big gaping holes in places. It's still been functional for the last year but I certainly didn't expect it to take this long to get back to it and I am ready to actually have a complete kitchen again. So here are the before (or during shots--I'll have to see if I can find any true before shots from when we moved in). I'll try and update the progress over the next month.