Done.

We are done with our kitchen. Like seriously done. We have been in our home five years and literally have been working on this kitchen for those five years. I am blessed beyond words to have a handy-man as a husband. E is amazing at home duties...I mean, that could be because he built houses for 5+ years or it could be because he is that smart and fantastic at teaching himself said home duties. We finished the kitchen on Friday literally a few hours before my parents arrived at our house. The last touch was using "Liquid Gold" on the cabinets...if you haven't heard of it, go buy some now because it's a miracle spray. And for you...here is our finished product (excuse the not-so-pretty filth on the oven):

 

We did everything in this kitchen except the install of the flooring and the granite. We E redid cabinets, redid the base boards, took off counter tops...yadayadayada. You get the drift. Can you believe E did that backsplash? Amazing. We might have had brutal words during the process, but it looks beautiful. :) The pallet hanging on the wall was my creation. I saw something similar on a design blog and snagged up the idea. I stole borrowed a pallet from work, stained it, bought plates and E hung the pallet and the plates. I love it! I can switch out the plates for different holidays and seasons. Right now, it has Italian plates with Olive trees, love them.  The last thing I need to purchase is some sort of valence and a bamboo shade for the window. The kitchen turned out beautiful!