Kitchen remodel

The long-awaited kitchen remodel is actually going to happen!!!

It has been in the planning stages for awhile, but we recently have made some actual decisions. *gasp* AND, over the weekend, signed a contract. *double gasp* Our demolition day has been set for August 25th!!!! I'm am unbelievably excited about this. I can't wait for nice new cabinets, pretty stainless appliances, an oven that doesn't leak heat everywhere and a non-portable dishwasher!!! Do you know what a portable dishwasher is? I didn't either until I moved into this house. It means that the dishwasher is not hooked up to a water line. So, anytime we want to run the dishwasher, we wheel it out of its cubby across the floor to the sink, hook up a hose to our faucet and run it. All while this enormous beast of a dishwasher sits in the middle of our floor. It's fun. If you like moving enormous, squeaky, heavy beasts across your floor multiple times a week. :) Can't wait for that thing to go.

We have a plan in place for decor. It took us a long time to come to these conclusions, but I am satisfied with them. The one disappointment I have is that we decided to go with the lighter stain on the cabinets. I LOVED the dark wood, but after much debate, we decided that was not the ideal choice for this particular kitchen. Mostly because we both loved the dark granite. Dark cabinet, dark granite, dark tiny kitchen... not really a good thing. So we went light. With stainless appliances. And a glass tile backsplash. With dark granite. And medium gray/green-toned ceramic tile.

Without further ado...

Our granite, Uba Tuba


Our cabinets, light honey


The closest representation of our glass tile backsplash that I could find


And, the flooring


All of which I think will look pretty sharp with our stainless appliances, including our new french door refrigerator! :)


I can't wait! We still need to decide on cabinet hardware and paint. We've narrowed our choices a bit... I'm leaning towards something in the orange family, but there really won't be much wall space at all, mostly just down the hallway.

Am I looking forward to the chaos and destruction that I have to survive to make it to my new kitchen? Absolutely not. But I've lived in dorms. And even a basement. It will be rough, but it will be worth it.