Hurry Up and Wait

Well, as of today our new kitchen is all ready. Except that the project won't start until February 19. That's "D Day" -- Demolition Day. Then the next week the cabinets will be installed. Then probably another 10 days until the countertops. I'm having trouble waiting.

We went Saturday to pick out all our appliances. I'm especially excited about the aforementioned Kitchen Aid double oven with convection and microwave features. Never again will we go to reheat a slice of pizza and get a soggy, chewy crust! Aha, the top portion of the double oven will microwave your pizza and get it crispy on the bottom! The genius who invented that deserves a prize.

We also went to Thos. Moser this weekend to order our new stools for the island bar. I'm most excited about the stools themselves, and seeing the hand-carved beauty of the cherry and ash. P, however, is most excited about the drive to Maine to pick them up in early March.

On another, more fascinating note, check out the giant-sized carrot that came in my Boston Organics box today! Yikes. I think it would feed a family of six. Note that the avocados next to it are larger than normal, and the eggplant to its left is smaller than average. Happy munching.

Warm Head, Cold Day

Check out the hat I just made for my hubs! It's his first knit gift from me ever! It's a cold, cold weekend here in Beantown, and making this hat was the perfect stay-in activity for this afternoon, while watching Da Bears on t.v. (P slept, I knit). It's a nice, soft, warm Alpaca and should keep his top toasty on his walk to work.

I'm also working on my first non-infant size sweater. It's a little girls' sweater, size 36 months. I'm not sure who it's for yet... but possibly the next person to announce they're actually having a girl (eh hem, everyone is having boys!) will be the proud owner. It's an adorable soft pink cardigan with seed stitch edging. I'll take it to Michigan for my annual stitching weekend with my aunt and grandma next month to have them help me finish it...

Other than stitching, nothing too new except 1) it's too cold lately, and 2) I'm so excited about the aforementioned renovation. The cabinets are ordered and I've picked out all my appliances (but haven't bought them yet). Looks like the installation will be mid-March.

Renovation

Well, after 2.5 years in our house, it's finally time to redo our kitchen! We've been day-dreaming about this since before we even moved in. This picture was taken at our inspection, sometime in late spring 2004. As you can see, it's slightly 1970s--gray laminate countertops, nice little flowerscapes on the 1970s tiles... it's time for an update. We spent four hours at the kitchen designer on Saturday and picked out our new kitchen!

We picked out light cherry cabinets in a Shaker style, butterfly green granite countertops, and a new island (as you can see, there isn't currently one). We also continued the countertop to create a little cookbook area and a bar area off to the left where the brick wall begins. We are so excited we'll be able to keep some exposed brick and also expose more of it behind where the range and hood will go.

I've picked out all *my* new appliances, too. I'm finally getting my own double oven! A baker's dream. This one actually doubles as a microwave on top, for reheating pizza and stuff like that. The best part about the whole thing is that it's not going to take very long to do. The kitchen designer/cabinet guy (let me plug MasterBrand cabinets here... my brother-in-law works for them) says three weeks to get the cabinets then another two to get the countertop. So by March we could have a finished kitchen ... Stay tuned.