Continuing the Kitchen

Well! If you've never redone your kitchen, you just don't know what chaos is, haha!

 But the good news is ... the floor is done. And it feels great and looks exactly as I wanted. It's somewhat dark, but I didn't want a light-stained wood that would show every speck of something.

 Most of the seams will be covered with either furniture or area rugs.
This morning Adam ripped out the sheet rock around the sink plumbing. It was nasty, if you recall.

 And he repaired it all with new, and mudded it in beautifully, I think! I'm quite proud of him. He's not a carpenter or contractor at all ... just a regular handy husband. But he's acquired many skills over the years.

 I painted all the baseboards with Kilz, out in the garage.

Then I stained this piece of oak plywood, which will become two pieces of countertop on either side of the oven.

 Here's one, partway finished:

This is the only kitchen cabinet we're keeping.
It was new when we moved in.

 The other will go on top of this space -- Adam is framing it in and will box it with sheet rock. It will enclose the A/C intake. We don't use the central A/C unit anymore, but it still needs to be left there in case some other owner in the future wants it.

That spot will be for our cookbooks, and a charging station for cell phones, etc. I want a small stool right there in front of it, so I can sit and chat with Adam as he cooks all that 'lishus food!

I must say, we are worn out ... well, Adam is truly worn out from all the labor, and I'm worn out from having everything turned upside down in the house. 

Next up: painting the walls with Kilz, purchasing the furniture we want, and (I think) starting on the wall shelving.

BTW, I finished Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith. It was okay, but I don't think I'll read anymore from the Dalhousie series, set in Scotland. I much preferred the series set in Botswana. I read the first one, The Ladies #1 Detective Agency. Yesterday I found a TV series made of it (!!!! - so excited!!!) on youtube: