A work in progress...

I am typing while both of my kids nap. I have the gentle humming of a power drill in the background and Alan Jackson on TV! Life is good!

Kevin and I and the kids just got back from a very successful shopping trip to Home Goods. We bought all of the decorations and finishing touches for the new hall bathroom. I can't wait to see it complete. Hence, the noise of the power drill.

Since the kitchen is our next undertaking, here is the plan. Thanks to my awesome future brother-in-law Anthony, we have a new design for our kitchen. (Ant is a kitchen designer for Lowes and he is AMAZING at what he does!) The design is perfect and completely functional, there is no wasted space. We have the typical 10 X10 kitchen right now. But that will change. We are extending the cabinets down the wall and adding a peninsula and a message center. The peninsula will have an overhang for bar stools to sit at and eat. I copied some pictures off of the Lowes website to show you the decisions we have made so far.

Our cabinets are from Shenandoah and they are a maple spice color with a mocha glaze on them.

We decided to go with the square door style not the cathedral style shown in the picture below.

We are using a square tile for the backsplash. This one is very close to what we are using.

And my favorite part, the granite countertop. Anthony designed the kitchen to have 55 square feet of countertop. No longer will people be bumping butts while preparing a meal or preparing for a party. The color we chose is called Baltic Brown.

For the floor we are going with 2 shades of tile from Lowes. The following picture is what we plan on doing. It is from the Lowes website and is the exact color and style that we are buying.

What has been done so far:

Kevin spent time yesterday and today putting two coats of clear lacquer on ceder wood planks. We plan on putting them up on the ceiling. For the walls, we may do natural wood wainscotting with a dark tan/maize paint color above it.

I am leaving the electrical design up to Kevin, the electrician. So far this is what he has told me. We are putting recessed cans spaced over the countertop. Over the peninsula we will hang a lighted pot rack. Over the dining room table, we will have some type of decorative light fixture. Over the sink I think he said something about hanging pendulum lights. And spaced out throughout the whole room he is going to put up "uplights".

Overall, the kitchen will have a very western/cabin look. We are very happy with our decisions. As we move along I will post pictures. I also hope to have up some updated pictures of the hallway bathroom tonight or tomorrow!