the reveal...

Our kitchen is finished and finally put back together! I worked furiously for a couple of days, getting everything put back where it belongs, changing some things around, as well as getting rid of a ton of things. Nick made a Goodwill trip Friday... it feels so good to get rid of things!

We are so happy with the way that the kitchen turned out! We had the cabinets in the two upstairs bathrooms done the same as well. We replaced our formica countertops with the granite about a year and a half ago and we have always wanted our cabinets to look like this, but our house was a spec and we didn't really have a choice. We knew that doing it ourselves would be a really bad move, given that they would be really expensive to replace if we ruined them. Luckily, a friend moved into a new house and had her cabinets throughout her house done like this to match her kitchen, and we were able to use the same person she did! We were never happy with the drywall island that is standard and Nick spent countless hours customizing the island with wood to make it look like a piece of furniture. He is so talented and I am totally impressed, even after all of the projects that we have done together. Now our house definitely stands apart from the 50 others in our neighborhood that are the same model!

Before (the island and you can kind of see the cabinets)

Daddy's big helper!

Just finished

Now... all put back together!

We have another busy week, but this time I'm starting with a clean house and all of the laundry done and put away! It's a great feeling and I'm hoping to get some scrapbooking done this week. We'll see, Ethan may have other plans, like he usually does, which is fine with me... I like the swings at the park too!

Just a note... this morning The Today Show kicked off another round of "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?"! I love this week in the show and am so excited to wake up and see where Matt is each day! I enjoy seeing the beautiful places in the world, most of which I will never see... they go to some pretty crazy places and have to do some pretty crazy things to get there... a lot of string pulling, I'm sure! That along with the tiny factor that I really don't like to fly... yeah, probably not visiting Patagonia anytime soon!

Happy Monday!
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