Island Cabinets Have Arrived...Houston, We Have A Problem

As many may know, the cabinets that make up the island in the kitchen arrived last Saturday.  It was truly a great Christmas surprise.  Obviously, all we have done so far is to place the cabinets in the general area we believe they will end up.  The cabinet closest in the picture has a few problems.  The rep from Home Depot and the cabinet rep both came to the house today to inspect this piece.  A new end cabinet is on its way, and should be here in about twelve business days.  The cabinet with the problems is a bookshelf.  I am so glad Keith thought of this small, but important detail.  A girl needs her cookbooks in her kitchen, if at all possible!

The island will definitely change the whole look of the kitchen.  It will really finish it off.

We also hung this in the foyer.

Getting Closer

The cabinets are painted.  All the new appliances we wanted are in place.  Now, all we are waiting for is the island.  With Christmas next Monday, it will probably be January before we have it in installed.  The island cabinets take four weeks from the day you order them.  Christmas Eve will be exactly four weeks.  Maybe by some Christmas miracle the cabinets will arrive this week.  I won't be holding my breath though.  In the meantime, enjoy these photos of our progress so far.

 I am still debating on what to do with the open space at the top of the cabinets.  I am thinking uniform size baskets to finish off that space.  What color? I don't know. We are also going to update the back splash to add some color.  There are still a lot of "finishing touches" needed, but I don't want to do too much until I see how the island is going to change things.

You can already tell how much adding the island is going to change the whole look of the kitchen.  I can't wait for it to be installed.  

Still a work in progress

The painters came on Thursday to paint the kitchen cabinets and walls.  They finished Friday evening, but we are not quite done.  We started putting the doors and new hardware back on today.  Here is a peak:

Remember before:

Now, here is a partial after:

We have to install the new light over the sink.  We may also be changing the main lighting that you see in the before picture.  It is new, but we think we may switch it out with a different color.  It will be the same fixture, though.  The new cook top will be here Thursday.  I can't wait.

Also, I finished another small project this weekend.  A really sweet friend gave me a beautiful twin headboard a few weeks back.  Isn't it really pretty? The quilt is probably as old as the bed.

This room is a work in progress, also.  I definitely have to paint the walls a different color.  The paint color actually detracts from how beautiful the bed really is!