Kitchen Update

So, I realized that I haven't posted an update on our kitchen lately, and I figured if I don't do it now, it might be awhile since baby #2 could make her appearance any day now! :)  We (or mostly Erik) :) have been working really hard this summer and fall to get our kitchen almost done.  No, it's not completely done, but we have made MAJOR steps in that direction!  I think the last post I put up was that we had moved our fridge back to where it belongs and finished tiling the floor.  Well since then this is what we have accomplished...

We finished refinishing the cabinets.  This included stripping, staining, and finishing them.  Don't they look great?! (Just ignore the unorganized dishes inside) :)

We then painted the inside of the cupboards.  As you can see from the picture above they were an ugly peach color and needed a fresh coat of paint!

We then tiled the backsplash!  It is a subway tile that is cream/off-white in color, it makes it look very clean and nice!

Cabinet doors!!  Yes, we got all of the bottom cupboard doors refinished and put back on!

Backsplash grouted and outlet covers back on!

Cupboard hung! My Uncle Nick built us this cabinet so we could hang a microwave over our stove!  Previously there was no cabinet here at all.  It was a great addition of cupboard space and it gets our microwave off of our counter!

Cabinet doors back on the top!  Erik's dad came over a couple days this fall and helped finish stripping the cupboard doors with a heat gun so then Erik could strip (with liquid stripper), sand, stain, and finish the doors.  Don't they look great!!

Microwave hung!!  This has been so nice to be able to get our microwave off of our counter.  We have such limited counter space anyways and this just gives us a bit more!

So, as you can see, we have made great progress over the past few months!  We are not done, as you can see, there are no doors on the cupboard above the stove, but it got too cold out to stain them and Erik doesn't want to do it in the house.  Also, we have the doorway that goes from the kitchen to the dining room that is now completely sanded, but needs to be stained.  Again, we are waiting for warmer weather.  We then have a window and one set of cupboard doors that are by where the fridge was that need to be stripped, stained, and finished, but that will be this summer's project.  Also, we have some trim work to finish up too, but overall we are on the home stretch and I'm very excited about it!  Thanks Erik for all the hard work you have done these past few months in our kitchen!!!