The house is coming together

So I threw a bridal shower for a friend of mine yesterday. 2 of the girls said that my house looked like a model home (although i don't believe they were including the kitchen in that statement). yes i cleaned for 3 days and Matt helped for 2 of those days, but it is really coming together. Our dining room is now a formalish seating area and our dining area is by our fireplace. it looks really good. Matt and I have decided to bite the bullet and remodel the kitchen. We thought about refacing the cabinets but they are so old (1977 originals) that there is a lot of wasted/unused space and the shelves and drawers really are not in good enough condition to spend money on making them look nice on the outside.

So we are going to get a combo of instock cabinets from home depot and order a couple (for the wall oven and wall cabinets since the instock ones are only 30 inches tall...rather than 36 inches) the difference in ordering the wall cabinets vs instock is around $55. It is a $150 delivery charge no matter if it is one cabinet or 50. BUT, if you order 6 or fewer cabinets, it is an additional $80. That is stupid if you ask me! I probably wouldn't even care but we only need to order 5 cabinets. POOP!

So I will HAVE to take before and after pictures and I will post them as we go. We will buy/order the cabinets this week and start demo in a week or two. I have a Pampered Chef party on Friday so I do need my current kitchen for that. :)

Oh, one of the best parts...we get to rip out half the carpet and stain the concrete below. yippy!