Remodel: My Kitchen, Part II

So, bright and early on a Monday morning, my Uncle showed up to being putting our kitchen back together.  He moved the electrical around, added new can lighting, sealed unnecessary gas lines, and re-plumbed.  Let me just say, I was so happy with his work!

After the 1st day, I came home to this!  Drywall was up!!

Once the drywall was up, my uncle positioned the base pots & pans cabinets to ensure everything was centered!

So, after 4 days of hard work, a painter came in a textured and painted the walls.  That took all weekend.

My uncle came back the following Monday, and got right to work hanging cabinets.  My husband was going to help him do some heavy lifting, but when we came home from work, my uncle had all the cabinets on the wall!  I was soooooooooooooo happy to see this!

Once my uncle got the cabinets in place, he began working on the island and adding the crown molding.  That week, we also had granite installed. 

We went round and round looking for the perfect stone.  I found a fabulous Marble, but P told me that I couldn't have it in the kitchen.  He told me that I'd be devastated if  I accidently knocked my red wine over on the counter.  Eventually, I agreed with him....but only after he promised me I could put marble counter tops in the Master Bath. 

We then set out to find the PERFECT granite, which was quite challenging.  We went to several different stone yards, but could never find something we both liked.  (We like movement of the lines, and decided we didn't want a granite that had several spots (like polka dots) in it.  As my husband was telling his mom about how much trouble we were having finding a granite piece, she reminded him that we both love the granite they have in their weekend home.  Holy heck- she's right!  We love the granite in that house.  She told us the name, Lady Dream, and luckily, our granite man had 1 slab of it.  The Hubs drove out to his shop, gave it a once over, and the deal was done.  I was so happy to come home and see how great it looks with our cabinets.

You can't really see how pretty the granite is here, but I have better pictures coming!  We also
took down the plastic divider that served to keep all the construction dust out of the rest of our house.

Oh, can you see the aweome hardwood floor?  We were able to match the wood to the hardwood we have in the rest of the house.  I think it makes the spaces flow perfectly! 

So, in the 3rd week of the remodel, my uncle began putting the finishing touches on.  I decided I wanted subway tile to run all the way up the wall over the oven, so I helped my uncle lay all the tiles.  Boy, let me tell you how difficult it was to make sure all the lines were lining up correctly!  But, I think we got faster and better as we added the rows.  I'm glad I got to help my uncle with this though, because I always wanted to know how to lay tile! 

Oh, do you see my farmhouse sink below the window?  It's my favorite thing ever.  It's enormous, and I can't wait to bathe my babies in it!

Okay, enough teasing....I'll reveal our new kitchen in the next post!  What do you think so far?