Who knew that a kitchen renovation could take so long? OH, you did? Cause I went into this w/ rose-colored lenses thinking it wouldn't interfere with my life THAT much. I was a bit off-base.
So here we have our new kitchen. I hope to not come off as bragging-but I just really love this new space in the house! This half of the kitchen didn't change as far as placement of cabinets and appliances. But it's all new cabinets, appliances and lighting. We were able to keep the counter-top-although our contractor mentioned he won't be doing that ever again. i guess it was pretty heavy-I think he just needs to pump more iron. :) The opening into the kitchen here was widened quite a bit and it really opened up the space.
The fridge is now where our pantry used to be. It fits so much better here and I love the new floor to ceiling pantry cabinets to the left of it. The drawers pull out and I can access everything on the shelf!
Here we are at the other end of our galley kitchen. To the left here we have some sweet newness. This is where the fridge used to awkwardly stick out into the kitchen. We couldn't have the dishwasher and fridge open at the same time. Very convenient. So I have more counterspace and cabinets in it's place! Hooray! This is where I do all of my baking. It's my happy place. Oh, and each cabinet door has quiet close. it's magical. The backsplash is subway tile. Also makes me smile to see it. This kitchen is just more functional for us and I'm just thrilled w/ how it turned out!
Lastly-some friends of ours, the Grubers, gave us this really cool dining table set. It's about 40? years old and was in a dark-stained finish. So I used my new BFF-my paint sprayer-and made it white, distressed it a bit and added oilcloth seat pads. Here we have Ty pondering life? and Chase using his apple slices as canoes.
An up close and personal look at my chairs. I covet them. So sue me. Thanks mom for helping me staple the oilcloth on! I took them down to Alabama and she helped me rock these.
Me and my boy
Very intensely watching.
silly boys
This was Chase's first experience cracking open peanuts (for shame!) and he totally enjoyed it. he spent most of the game cracking and munching.
Eliza eating another lollipop. I have 2 dentists in the family so I'm not worried.
I love this pic. After the game they played a game w/ tennis balls and the boys went up for further inspection. Chase looks so boyish! And Tyler a giant! And Zach so bald! (his dad surprised his mom by shaving his head!!)
Afterwards they had fireworks-the kids loved them.
Again our friends the Gruber's watched our kids while we ran into the city and Chase spent much of his time sitting here watching Scooby Doo. He's made himself very much at home if you ask me!
I had to document that while I was unpacking into the new kitchen I gave Eliza her first lollipop to keep her occupied. This is after her first lick and she appears to be in shock from the sugary sweetness. She proceeded to suck that baby dry!
We spent most of June swimming and eating popsicles or ice cream!
here's Eliza's first cone. She LOVED it. Please note she's not wearing a swim diaper so she looks to be ready to explode!
It was so long ago I can't remember why-but Trav and I went on a "date" and took the kids to the Plainsboro Preserve. Each week the kids and I have chosen a theme and this week it was birds so we were on the hunt for any bird we could find. Ty found a stuffed bald eagle-his new obsession!
The big rug rats.
Lexi and Chase took off together and I'm sure they discussed very important ecological things. 2 seconds after I took this pic a fox ran across the path between them and us!
Throwing rocks into the sludgy water.
I caught chasey listening for birds. funny boy!
Warriors.
Content w/ food as usual.
Same for Lucy.
The kids were so funny. They wanted to make a chair and somehow big sticks qualify. It kept them busy!
The little ones sat on these forever just jabbering to each other.
the kids spent alot of time falling backwards off the ladder.
they thought they were so brave!
I just love Eliza in these jammies and it's made cuter w/ the shades!
This is border-line blackmail pic, but we completed this really hard puzzle late at night and we were trying to take a pic of ourselves and it wasn't working and the final outcome is us crying b/c we're laughing so hard.
We went to Toy Story 3 w/ the Meyerson's and Sherwood's and so we made cupcakes fit for our little aliens!
I think they like them!
Eliza did-and hardly even made a mess!
The fridge is now where our pantry used to be. It fits so much better here and I love the new floor to ceiling pantry cabinets to the left of it. The drawers pull out and I can access everything on the shelf!
Here we are at the other end of our galley kitchen. To the left here we have some sweet newness. This is where the fridge used to awkwardly stick out into the kitchen. We couldn't have the dishwasher and fridge open at the same time. Very convenient. So I have more counterspace and cabinets in it's place! Hooray! This is where I do all of my baking. It's my happy place. Oh, and each cabinet door has quiet close. it's magical. The backsplash is subway tile. Also makes me smile to see it. This kitchen is just more functional for us and I'm just thrilled w/ how it turned out!
