done.

After more than 75+ logged man hours, {no exaggeration} we are finally done with the kitchen! I really don't think you understand how excited we are... plus, we have our weekends & cocina back, {plus our garage}. It was all DIY... {even my strained, tedious attempt at making the curtains} which is the reason it took us so long, but we saved lots of moola & actually {at times} had a lot fun doing it. It feels so good to be done, esp. after working so long & hard!
My wonderful father came & helped with the painting multiple times... thank you, thank you dad!
Before:
{We didn't take any before pics, so these are from random occasions}


{right after we moved in 2 yrs ago.}

{at Christmas 2009}
During:

{sanded, stripped, de-glossed}

{primed & caulked}

{our set- up in the garage.}
After: {sorry, the quality of these pics are not the best.}

We think it really opens the kitchen up... if you can't tell, the walls are a grey-ish blue... We are excited to just veg on the couch this week! {again, sorry if the pics are a weird hue.} Happy Tuesday!