Doors!!

No, this is not an ode to James Morrison...

Heck, I'm not even sure that I have the right name, but hey.  (I'm hoping that I got the name of the lead singer of the doors, but if not, that's who I mean and yes, I could google it, but I'm tired and feeling extraordinarily lazy right now...)

My gorgeous, stunning beatiful kitchen is starting to come to life.  In my last post, I showed the incredible transformation that happened in my dining room.  In case you missed it, click over here, we'll wait...

Are you back??

How about now??

Back??

Okay, good.  My awesome carpenter came back a week or so later and installed all of my cabinet doors.

Now my kitchen looks like this.

Sigh...

Dreamy isn't it?

Somehow, even with all of this cabinetry my kitchen looks bigger.  How in the heck is that possible??
 

You'll notice in this post that there is something new installed as well.  Yup, I bit the bullet and purchased my dream stove.  I am thrilled to say that it is as incredible as I dreamed it would be.  It feels professional and sturdy in my hands.  The ball bearing oven racks glide in and out with a whisper.

I could go on and on and on, but I'll spare y'all the details.  However, if anyone is dying to know about, please let me know and I'll wax poetic all about it for you!!

A winner!!!

After much delay on my part, we have a winner for the My Memories giveaway!  Congratulations Lindsey!! Email me when you get a chance and I'll send you the code for your software.  This digital scrapbooking software going to be awesome for putting together incredible pages and accents for Baby Whimsy when she arrives! 

If anyone else is interested in getting their own copy of My Memories, be sure to click through on the ad to get $10 off the retail price.  Or use the code, STMMMS37706, to earn $10 off of the retail price!!  Awesome!! The even better part??  That's not all!!  When you purchase your software with $10 off, you will receive another $10 credit to the My Memories store!!  Score!!  Enjoy Lindsey!

Dining Room Glimmers

When my kitchen design was finalized, it utilized the entire kitchen space.  The original kitchen was tiny and closed off. 

When I mentally redesigned the space, I only used half of the room, thinking that the other half would be great for a table and maybe a sideboard, but other than that, not much.  Instead, my awesome kitchen designer drew up plans that encompassed the entire room. 

Brilliant, right??  I know, it seems so simple, but if it's all one room, why not use the whole room?  It was kind of a duh/ah ha moment for me. 

When I decided to go ahead with the kitchen remodel, I was understandably worried about the costs.  I hemmed and hawed about going ahead and doing the dining room, or waiting until I had more monies.  Ha!! Since reality finally hit and I knew that I wasn't going to get more money (in the remodeling sense) anytime soon, I went ahead with the dining room build. 

While I was prepared for the build, my sweet builder's shop wasn't quite ready.  He had to build out the kitchen and install it and then build out the dining room.  Apparently my kitchen cabinets filled the entire floorspace of the workshop and had to be moved out before he could build the dining room side. 

A short two weeks later, my dining room looked like this-

Now, the wait was on for doors and paint!