We have had a few trials in the kitchen remodel. First Jeff built a new cabinet to match the old ones where the snack bar was. Then we started stripping the upper cabinet doors. Started to stain them and they were WAY too dark (we had tried a sample size of the stain and it was NOT the same as what we put on. I was pissed). Jeff tried to sand it off, but it still showed thru a little. Tried a much lighter stain and it was the SAME color as the cabinets before!

Then the wood he had made the new cabinet out of must have been different that the original. When I stained it, it came out totally different as well. So, nothing was matching up.

Sunday, Jeff decided to hell with it: let's get new cabinets.

Yesterday, that is what we did.

Today we gutted the kitchen. Completely. Fridge is in the new office. I have NO counters, NO cabinets. Everything is in boxes. We are eating off paper plates, and I got lots of frozen stuff today that can be nuked or baked (we still have oven, but no cooktop). Shopping in the frozen aisles was a new experience for me (other than WW meals).

As we tore out the cabinets, we discovered that the floor under the sink and dishwasher was nearly completely rotted out. So we have to fix that first. New floor comes in Friday.
Oh, and we decided to bite the bullet and do granite tile counters. Not the stuff he found the other day that I didn't like. We picked one out together and ordered it. Should be in by Monday. Very affordable. We cancelled the order on the laminate, and are probably spending as much on the tile as we did on those (of course, we still have to get concrete backerboard, bottom plyboard, the thinset and grout for the tile, and wood trim). But we felt it was a good investment for the value of the place.

The cabinets are in the barn, waiting to go in. Nice oak cabinets. No, not top of the line. Probably not middle of the line. But good enough for me. They have real oak doors and faces and are raised panels. I love them. And they fit our budget. Cool.

I have pictures, but don't feel like plugging the camera in to download them yet. Don't worry, ya'll will see soon enough.