Let the Kitchen Remodel Begin...

With a new home and a full summer, we decided to renovate our 50 year old kitchen.  It's a small kitchen and everything is in working order, but it was just old--old cabinets, old flooring, no dishwasher....you get the idea.  Here's a quick recap of our lovely house

Our cozy, fabulous house.

The Kitchen: Before (don't mind the mess)

Stay tuned for pictures of the during and after.

THE DESIGN: My dad's wife, Kelly, has a brilliant father, Jack, who is an architect by trade.  While my Dad and Kelly were in New York for the holidays, I sent pictures and measurements with the assignment of a new kitchen plan.  I was not expecting what they returned with.  A brand new kitchen plan that will make use of every square inch of our small kitchen.  Having a new person look at the design, Jack came up with a plan that none of us could have dreamed of.  He moved some things around and included more cabinet and counter space than we could ask for.  It's absolutely beautiful and I can't wait to see it complete.  To work with this plan, we needed to add a back door.  So to start the kitchen remodel, we added that door to the back wall so we can have access to the backyard.  Here are those pictures:

Before

After

Pretty cool right?!?! 

It's July 22 and we now have the dumpster taking up our driveway and a full plan to get it done in a week.  My dad will be joining us Saturday (July 24) and taking on the project with Andrew's help.  Here goes nothing and here's to a full kitchen renovation with no hitches.  We'll see if that happens, but wish us luck!  Please check back often as I will be updating often with our progress over the week.