~~~~~~ All the Bits are here ~~~~~~

So we have all the bits ( as my English friends would say) meaning that we now have all the parts to finish off our side of this project. As I write this my husband is on his way home from a work day in the Portland area and while there he made a trip to my new favorite place to shop ( not his ) IKEA.....he stopped in today to pick up the butcher block to put on the cabinets for our counter tops. We had stained green ones before I don't think we will do that again....but who knows.

OK on to the pictures about a month ago we had out trusty neighbors and friends come over to help with getting the hood in place.....but Cliff & I didn't think about where the new layout of the cabinets was going to be and so they got it up........but............this week Cliff moved it 27" towards the Living room to where it is suppose to be....oops.

The good thing was he had not cut the hole in the roof for the fan : )

But before they could do that they had to take out the old bar and take down our pot rack.

Cliff was up in the air again this time to stain the new T&G and logs so that the really white pine looks a bit more aged to go with what has been for 14 years.

Taking out some more tile and you can see old sink plumbing....Remember if you click the pictures they get bigger.........

Plumber is here today getting the new sink plumbed for us.....

Now Cliff and Tom can start to set the cabinets they are the lower ones....actually I really don't have upper ones. I used to think that was crazy not having them but more and more of my clients are not using them. So in the corner of the kitchen to then left side of picture the black space will be a walk in pantry and the you see a tall pantry looking cabinet that is my "dish pantry". I think I will love it........ there are 2 shelves at inside top then 2 roll out drawers behind the upper cupboards. then the black hole is where my drawer for silverware is going and then in the bottom cupboard is 2 more roll out drawers.....this all get a paint treatment you will see more down below.

Once again just when Cliff thought he had taken out all the old tile more needs to come out ! And even though this was one of his first time putting it down 13 years ago he did a very good job of making sure it would never come up : ) the best part is they are still making our tile so we also got that "bit" and it is waiting to get put into place!

The hood got move ( that is why the scaffolding is back again)....and Jeep of Blue Flame and our customer stopped by to hook up the new Wolf stove. Jeep & Leah added onto an A Frame this last year below are a couple of pictures of it......

So below is what it looks like today looking across kitchen to bay window

As you walk into the kitchen the 2 black holes are the drawer dishwashers they will sit 1 on each side of the kitchen sink....all in the garage ready to come in : )

Here is my dish pantry again : ) and I need help !

So here is the deal we want it to look like an old cupboard so I have done some paint samples and they are Red & Yellow...I was really wanting to do Yellow but the Pine cabinets and the yellow are not enough contrast for me so Red it is going to be I think.....

Which do you like......? Also let me tell you this bead board will be covering the new bar backing and around the top of the hood and I have a hutch that will go next to the Frig.

So I really would love to have your comments !!!!!