A new kitchen

Well.... I'm finally going to do a blog entry. First off thanks to Mary, Janet and whom ever else has gotten this thing going, it is one of the best ideas ever. I love seeing the posts and knowing that these are all people I love and care about who are doing such fun things. I can't wait to share my own ideas and eventually try to do my own blog.

But in getting back to the post. We have been working madly the past couple of months on redoing our kitchen. And even though it's not a real crafty-Grandma thing I want to share the finished product with you. And in it's own way I remember many a kitchen remodel with Mom. One memorable one was when we were adding on the the house in Alamo, it was such a beautiful kitchen and Daddy had let Mom design it totally on her own. The contractor who did the remodel was a fun guy, I can't remember his name, but I recall one day him spending the afternoon teaching us how he made pies in that new kitchen. It was so great and he was so good with us.

But, back to the kitchen.... I have needed some major overhaul on my kitchen and have been saving ideas for quite a while. I liked the idea of white cupboards that staggered up and down (cause that is the new thing) with a dark counter top (granite) and some sort of back splash (cause I'm a messy cook). I knew that we would have to do all the work because kitchen cost to much money to do a total redo. I wanted to keep a lot of my cabinets, they were well made and lasting in spite of a well used kitchen. The guy that did my original cabinets still lives in the area so I got him to make a few new boxes and then Gary and I took the old off and put on new shinny white paint. We added a new counter top and we even did the tile work for the back splash. With a new curtain and window sill the room was done. It has been so much fun to have this finally finished.