She's functional!

Hi folks.

We've made some significant progress the past several weeks despite the fact we spent Memorial Day weekend camping at the Metolius River.  This camping trip has been a highlight for 8 or 9 years.  Nothing beats camping with good friends, fire and cold drinks, even if it is raining a bit.


For starters, the backsplash tile has been installed.  We chose a subway tile backsplash with a thin black accent line.  Chris set all of the tile, but I did get to help with grouting.  My first grouting experience!

Before grout:

 

During grout:

 There's my helpy helperson!!!

Chris decided to get creative with the camera and take a picture through the window. And screen?

After grout:

The second tiling project was the floor.  We chose a slate gray tile with a pinwheel design.  The color of the tile looks brighter in the pictures.  In person, it's a much darker gray.  A very nice contrast to the white backsplash tile and white cabinets.

But first, there's always prep work.....

The finished look!

The plastic "door" between the kitchen and living room has been removed!

And a custom beveled threshold to transition from the hardwoods to the tile.

Today was definitely a big day too.

The kitchen is not 100% done, but it's now functional!  All of the appliances have been installed and we can start using the kitchen again!  

No more camp stove and inhaling deadly carbon monoxide fumes!  (they're not that bad, are they?) Yay!

Dishwasher

Stove

Refrigerator...with momma and Chanel, of course.

It's beginning to look a lot like a kitchen!

Hi folks.  Just a few updates to share with you on this post. 

I won't go into a whole lot of description for this post, so let's launch right into the pictures.

First, the window was installed.  

It's a bay window with a shelf that runs across the middle.  

Perhaps a herb garden for the shelf?

The counter top extends out into the bottom part of the window.  It's not really usable counter top space, but it actually makes the kitchen look bigger overall.

 

Window from the outside.  Please ignore the two different paint colors on the outside of our house.

That's this summer's project...   :)

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It took Chanel less than two minutes to discover her new favorite spot....and I'm not exaggerating on the two minute thing.

 

  That is one content little kitty.

Now on to the counter tops.

First, the base support was made for the laminate counter top. 

Typical McBride over building.

Next, the template was made for the counter top, which included particle board and the laminate itself (oops, no picture).

Particle was cut to fit.

Three pieces of particle board were made and assembled.  Thank god for the seemingly endless supply of clamps. 

I would like to add that we've had FANTASTIC weather the past couple weeks, which has made these projects that much easier!

Lastly, the laminate was glued down and trimmed to fit.  Slid in nicely with very few F-bombs.

We used the boxes of tile to hold the laminate down while the glue dried.

In other exciting news....

Our first appliance has been installed!

Above is our micro-hood that vents directly outside.  Look closely...you can see Chris's reflection in the door taking the picture.  :) 

And lastly, this is probably the most awesome part of this post...

....drum roll please.....

Check out our kitchen sink!!!!!!