We're done! Almost...

We are all done with the major aspects of the kitchen. We still need to paint the main door and find seating for the kitchen table. Other than that we’re done! Although I wanted the kitchen remodel it is more of a gift for Steven as he is the chef and I am just a line cook, if that. We are finally able to take pleasure in cooking and reminiscing in the kitchen. Now off to eat dinner at the kitchen table. ENJOY!

We updated our eatery so we though Echo should enjoy the same luxury.

A.A.

Alcoholics or Awesome?

If your answer is Awesome then you win! It is awesome but not for the reason you think this is awesome. If you think this is awesome you might be an alcoholic. At Brewers Connection some very helpful employees assisted us in fooling you and most people who come to our house. Yes, this is a beer tap. No, beer does not flow through it. Our new sink does not have an outlet for our filtered water. Being resourceful we decided to use this beer tap to be our filtered water faucet. Maybe someday we will add a tap for intended use. Until then I will enjoy some freshly filtered water.

Little Things

Tomorrow the counter-tops will be installed. Then we are left to the little things: caulking, installing water tap, hooking up the sink, oh…and putting everything back in the kitchen. We will have more decorating to do but that will come slowly.

Since we last wrote the cabinet knobs have been installed. We went with an eclectic look. There are a few steel flower knobs and a few more ceramic knobs. The majority of pulls are green glass collected from World Market and Anthropologie. A bit of controlled chaos, sort of like the brick pattern we did in the tile. We went with a 5 to 1 ratio of gray to white tile. Every once in a while we would throw in a white tile. The way I wrote that it sounds as though tiling and grouting is easy. If we ever decide to do a large tiling project we are hiring out. My back, knees and sanity are things I prefer to keep.

Hanging Table

The kitchen is finally coming together. We tiled last weekend and installed the table this week. The table idea came out of a predicament. When tearing down drywall we discovered that the wall between the kitchen and dining room was load bearing. Never something you want to learn after demolishing the rooms. So we had a two choices. First choice was to hire a structural engineer to design and hang a beam from wall to wall. Big bucks and a lot more time. Second option was to install a post. Against the pleading of family we decided to put a post. I think they did not like to post because they thought we'd walk right into it not noticing a huge post in our way. We knew we had find a creative way to incorporate the post into the kitchen. So we installed a second post thinking to install a table making it a permanent fixture in the kitchen.

Finding a table top was the fun part. I like the decorating and shopping, not particularly the hard labor. Steven had the great idea about a year ago to make a table out of a door. The problem with that is most doors have holes for the door knob already cut out or they have the door knob installed. Luckily on an afternoon drive we came across Passport Imports. They had dining room and coffee tables already constructed out of doors. So we purchased one, sawed off the legs and with the help of my parents (the table weighs as much as a baby elephant) hung the table between two beams.

The hanging table is colorful and unexpected. Just the touch we are always looking for!