Oh my. Please take my blogging silence to mean exactly what you think it means. I’m busy and blogging got pushed off the stove-it wasn’t even on the back burner-just completely shoved off the stove-top and out of the kitchen entirely.
However, I have brought it back into the kitchen and onto the front burner today to share with you something oh so relevant to my above blogging analogy…more before/during/after photos of our kitchen! The ones I posted earlier just didn’t do it justice. El Guapo worked all year (evenings and weekends) to hand build the cabinets & custom design…everything! I am so happy to have a kitchen that brings the entire family in and allows for us to cook together! I’m also loving having El Guapo back-that was a lot of time away-now we spend time cooking together on evenings and weekends! Also-note the dishwasher. We now have a dishwasher. You can see it just to the right of the sink. I like to run it in the middle of the day and just listen to the sound of a machine washing the dishes. Ahhhhh.
Without further ado…

There’s a hole in the wall looking into the living room-yay! Also…You’ll notice we dress-up for demolition day here at our house. Who says you can’t wear a dress and heals to shop-vac the drywall?!

In process-you can kind of see the ceiling we put it…it’s beetle kill pine tongue and groove planks. It is amazing and was a very last minute decision. It’s one of our favorite parts of the kitchen-I feel like I keep saying that about things!

This is the finished version of the window we put in. LOVE! I notice that the frame around the window isn’t finished in this photo-but it now has marble tile going all around it. The chalkboard is right above this window.

El Guapo Chalk Painted the frame around this chalkboard. It’s hard to tell but this is hanging at the top of the window that goes from the kitchen into the living room. Thanks, Jen, for my new chalk!

These lights hang above the sink. El Guapo made them from electrical insulators. He’s even sold some on craigslist! They are really a great addition to the kitchen-and the light they bring is great, too!

My baking drawers. Everything is soft close…even the pull out drawers inside the cabinets! Full extension drawers, too!

This is quite possibly my favorite part of the kitchen. El Guapo made these hidden drawers under some of the cabinets-this one holds my aprons! You just push it with your foot and it pops out! How cool is that?!

Here’s the before. Please notice all of the terrible work-space areas and the awkwardly hanging cabinets in the middle. Also note the fake leather covered peninsula thingy.
I so hope to blog again soon. I really miss connecting with you all in this space.
I’m also working on a Christmas, er, Valentine’s, shoot! St. Patrick’s Day/Lent/Easter/Spring Break…Memorial Day?! cards.
Que Dios Les Bendiga,
La Gringa
Thank you Lori! You did a great job of sharing your new kitchen! It is absolutely beautiful!!! Aaron, fantastic job! Know you are really enjoying it!
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Great pictures and entertaining blog. The pictures still don’t show the genuine beauty of this kitchen!
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It’s beauful Lori! No wonder youve been MIA! :). Thanks for sharing. We sure miss you on Uravan!
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I miss you guys! We drove down it a few weeks ago. Looks great! Who else of “the original uravaners” are left?!
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Ha, I’ve missed reading your blogs and was just getting ready to ask why we hadn’t heard from you in awhile… now I don’t have to 🙂 I loved this, and I love your new kitchen, and you, and the one who made it for you ♥
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Oh my gosh, Lori, the kitchen turned out fantastic! Night and day! Who needs the “Fixer Upper” You guys are great! Love the cabinets and the placement of everything….I am going to forward this to our friends, Debbie and Rick Crady who came by with us over Labor Day. They will love seeing the finished product! You guys are a great team – love it, love you
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Thanks, Aunt C! I was appreciative of y’all’s advice on different colors and ideas for finishing it. Love you!
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