The finished product!

It's done! It's done! It was a loooong month, full of LOTS of work and very little sleep, but it's done. And here is photographic proof!

The cabinets I finished myself. Yep, that's right. I never knew I was so handy. Oak cabinets are not our fav and weren't our first choice, but we got them for such a great price that it was worth it in the end. But the ugly stove is staying for a while thanks to the moldy floors and drywall.

That landing beside the fridge wasn't there before. And all of those drawers (which will have pulls once we  find the tape measure . . .) tripled the amount of drawer storage that I had before. We now have six drawers, and before I had two. Yep. I'm excited.

 The counter tops are my second favorite part of the kitchen. Really anything is an improvement from the ugly faux butcher block laminate mess that was there before. AND the sink is integrated into the counter top, so away go the toothpicks and the awful task of cleaning that edge where all the grease and grime accumulates.

The tile!! My number one favorite thing about this kitchen! It's a mix of gray toned glass and various natural stones including white marble (gush!). I was determined to get that pretty stuff into our little house somehow. All Jordan had to say about this tile was "I think it has some marble" and it was in the cart. Immediately. The other tile was purchased at Habitat for $.10 a tile (compared to the $.22 we were going to spend on the same thing at Lowe's.)

We went with a light grayish blue for the wall color. It's fun to watch it change throughout the day from bright blue to steely gray. And I love the orange accents with it and can't wait to figure out how to incorporate more.

Things I'd made for the green kitchen still work really well with the new kitchen, which means I have less new decorating things to find/create :)

Our beautiful new floors! We went with the spice brown (thanks for all your input) and couldn't be happier. As you can tell, it turned out to be much richer than initially thought, and I absolutely love it. And I love it even more because they were done while I was at camp and I did nothing but write a check to make them look this pretty.

The bathroom even got a new floor. Not the greatest picture, and the bath mat blends perfectly, but you get the idea. Much improved from the stained white linoleum that was there when we bought the house. How does one stain a floor purple and florescent yellow? Actually, I'm not sure that I want to know.

So there it is. Our little house is all of it's shiny new glory. I think it's pretty happy with the changes. I'm also shocked that we did this, albeit with help from family and friends, but we did this. Call us brave, naive, young and stupid, whatever, but by the grace of God we made this happen with our own two hands. No one died in the process either, and we're still married. All good things in my book.

I think our pride in our work will last for a very long time. So long, in fact, that I think we'll never do anything like this again. Or at least we'll pay someone else to do it.