The day we've been waiting for.

The day finally arrived, and they did not disappoint.

We have been waiting to continue working on our kitchen for quite sometime and cupboard door fronts were first on the list for the past 9 months. Due to a number of factors, it wasn't until recently that they were delivered and we had the opportunity to get them into action. There are 43 doors/drawer fronts in our kitchen alone and when you add up those in the 2 bathrooms and mudroom as well, what you get is simple...a lot of doors. It took me abut 2 hours to make sense of them all and figure out each ones eventual home.

(This isn't even all of them)

As a result of some very careful measuring by Jason, and a great builder, we had no problems with any of them. We did however, not think a job like this would be complete without creating some problems, all on our own, however that is seemingly just how we do things sometimes.

In a classic "I thought you were holding it. No, I thought you were holding it" mis-communication, one door did fall to its demise, ending up with a large crack right up the middle. It will be re-ordered. In a classic, "I thought I did drill into the right side" error, 2 other doors will also be re-ordered. I guess 3 out of 43 isn't horrible. Would have been nice to have them all up and installed but since we aren't able to put a few up yet anyways (more on that later), it doesn't bother me that a few others are missing for the next few weeks as well.

Here are a few shots of what we have so far...


This picture shows the missing doors who were the victims of our mistakes. Since I have been trying to be more creative lately, I am currently tossing around ideas of what I could still use them for (besides for a fire)


These 4 doors are probably my favorite as they turned out exactly as I imagined and hoped. They blend in so well to the rest of the island, and now provide a much needed barrier from a little boy who will be moving any day now.

Like I said earlier, the doors for under the sink, garbage and 2 beside that are not installed as of yet as they need drawers built first. Once we do that (hopefully soon since Jason is finished school next week!), the kitchen will be complete.

With them semi-completion of these doors, the work we want to complete inside the house this summer is almost finished. We still need to install the doors for both bathrooms and the mudroom, and also install the mudroom countertop and backsplash but neither of those jobs are huge or costly since we already own all the materials! We will now turn our focus outside to try and make some sense of the mess that is our 3.85 acres at the moment. Hopefully by summer/early fall's end we will have a completely sided house, new front steps, garage doors, a back deck and a flat and tilled front and back yard ready for grass seed and 6-8 long months of snow and cold before we can tackle it again.

Colin has been a trooper through all this work. Napping through hammering, impact drills and nail guns and entertaining us with all sorts of funny noises through the rest of the day.

Here he is watching Jason install a coded pad lock on the garage entrance. Please excuse the dusty floor...I blame all the construction going on around here!




Of course what would a new season be without a new skin issue?! This boy's skin continually keeps us guessing and on our toes. Heat rash was the culprit this day but we have it under control now.


We were able to take a break from it all and head out last week to Jason's parents for the weekend where Poppa was nice enough to set up the trampoline and swing for Colin to enjoy.


Thank you for the weekend!