"New" Kitchen

I had a previous post about how my husband surprised me with a kitchen cabinet painting project when I was in Wichita one weekend visiting the bestie.  I LOVE white kitchen cabinets. Not sure why...Learning quickly that it's not smart to have anything white when you have a toddler in the house.

When we moved into our new house I absolutely loved the space in our kitchen and the floors. The cabinets and countertops were less than impressive in my mind. I knew someday we would redo countertops but had no idea a full CHEAP kitchen remodel was in our future.

I'd like to add that I also had no idea I married such a handiman. JT is getting so good at carrying out my visions :)

Here is our kitchen the day we closed on the house.

BEFORE

Here is our kitchen after: paint (Martha Stewart Living "Winters Day MSL269") new sink, new counter tops, painted cabinets, new light fixture about the sink and backsplash.

AFTER

Counter tops were $90. I was very skeptical about deciding to do countertops by ourselves, but having such a tight budget I figured I would take a leap of faith. I think it turned out good. We used http://www.gianigranite.com/ we ordered the "sicilian sand."

Close up of our "granite" :) 

Pantry

Desk

We bought the backsplash from Home Depot for about $150 including adhesive and tools to cut. 

The sink was $150 and the light fixture was $60.

Total we spent about $525 and doing it little by little made it affordable. Hoping this will make our home more appealing when we decide to sell it. 

Thanks J for all your hard work...I am SO IMPRESSED! 

What's a blog post without an Isaiah update...

Buddy is 14 months. He is walking and growing so fast. This video was captured last night at my dad and Kim's- Yesterday was Kim's Birthday. She's always so good to everyone on their birthday we all wanted to do something special for her. Of course boozing and grilling is special. :) Don't worry I didn't booze. Missed you Jerry! 

Getting impossible to get him to be still for a picture

Group shot minus my brother, Jerry. :( Miss you bro! 

I am now in my second trimester (15 weeks) and finally feeling better! Many have asked about the sex of #2. We don't know yet. Our sonogram will be around 20 weeks which is the 2nd week of May. Of course we will find out...people that ask me if we'll find out don't know me very well :) 

Feeling so blessed and staying so busy with work, our toddler and trying to spend adequate time visiting family and friends when we have weekends off (which is still seldom) It's now baseball/softball season. 

Until next time...

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