This is what Shafer and I have been working on this summer:

Lest you forget what our kitchen looked like before:

I love this shot because you can also see the change in the entry way light fixture and the new paint:

Another view with the dining room:

Again, a new dining room light fixture:

Here's a during shot:

After:

And a close-up of the island because I'm in love with the new drawer pulls:
This project was quite a bit more involved than we thought, but I think it's so worth it! We finished the island first as phase one. Then, we moved on to phase two; the bottom cabinets. After that phase we took a month break where our upper cabinet doors had been removed and sanded but we just couldn't make ourselves to anymore work! Luckily Shafer got his second wind a few weeks ago and we finished the upper cabinets in about 3 days time. When I say days I really mean from about 8pm to 11pm each night. We only pull out paint after the boys go to bed so we don't have a replay of the dreaded black paint spilled on the wood floors incident when I painted the front door!

I'm so glad to be done and I LOVE the way it turned out! Now, on to the next project, the dreaded backyard.....