Mi Casa

My kitchen is so close to finished, I can taste it and it tastes de-licious. I thought that I had the photos of what it looked like before we moved in, but I can't find them anywhere, which is a total drag. Not that they really served a purpose, I just liked to look at them to remind myself of how much better my house is now. This is the closest thing to a "before" photo that I could find.



This photo was taken almost exactly a year ago and I apologize that my blurry, pregnant self is in the middle of it.

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this photo?

Well... if you're looking at it through my unnecessarily hyper-critical eyes, everything. The cabinets were a very peach-y color that didn't appeal to me and they had picked the counter tops and floors to match, which made me feel like I was in a beech wood cave. The blue tile was too much for me and my more traditional taste plus, it was poorly installed and looked bad on the wall. I had replaced the hardware by the time this photo was taken, so the bar pulls were an improvement over the junk that was on there before. I know that plenty of people out there think it was great just the way it was, but, I'm sorry, I just didn't like it.

This is WAY more my style:



For the new (and improved) kitchen, we replaced the doors, added the island and the crown molding, splurged on the hardware, refinished the old butcher block counter tops and bought a new Brent-approved faucet. I think he spent too many years cleaning dishes at McDonald's, but ultimately, he got what he wanted because he does the dishes. I went from really not liking my kitchen to really REALLY liking it, a lot. Me feel happy.

And while I'm posting photos of my house, is there anyone out there that HASN'T seen my silhouettes? Well just in case...



...here is a photo of my silhouettes. Can you tell I like those too?