Kitchen Reno: One Month In

We're a month in to the renovation. Yesterday Jamey said he'd like to start eating his oatmeal in a paper bowl. Oatmeal that sits in a bowl without getting rinsed or popped in to a dishwasher quickly forms an almost-cement like quality. In fact, we're thinking of using oatmeal as the adhesive for the tile backsplash. It's harder to get the dried oatmeal out of the bowls than it was to remove the old tiles from the wall!

Here are some updates:

Electrical work is done! I love the hanging lights, I love having lights under the cabinets. Andy also got the outlets installed: four outlets in a strip under each cabinet - rock on!

Counter tops are in the works: we don't have a delivery date, but fingers are crossed for late this week.

Fridge and dishwasher show up on Tuesday. Stove is on order, but won't be here until May 30. This is actually great, because the stove can't get installed until the counter tops are installed. Plus, we have to get a plumber out here to move the gas lines for the stove.

Backsplash tile is on order; no estimated delivery date, yet though. We're working with House of Carpets, and they're great. They're also sending someone over to figure out how we can repair and re-wax the Spanish floor tiles. These tiles are all over the main floor of the house. I love them. Jamey thought maybe the kitchen was a good place to start removing them and replacing with something different (wood? bamboo?, not sure). No way. These babies give the house a lot of it's character and charm.

And....deconstruction again! I started ripping out the closet in the entry (between garage and kitchen). Our plan is to put cubbies there. Each of us will have a specific spot for coats, shoes, book bags and lunch boxes. Right now they get scattered from the back entry all the way through the family room (it seems to be much to inconvenient to actually slide open the existing closet door and toss something in). I've found a plan on Pinterest and our friend Ev is going to be build it in for us. Can't wait!