Kitchen Get's Started!

I got back from San Antonio in Texas, which is usually warm but had ice storms while I was there. Columbus HAS been unseasonably warm but today we got about 4 inches of snow, then icy rain which has now frozen into an ice rink. I'm nervous about driving tomorrow but I always am the first time. By March I'll be confident!

Here's Jack in his snow suit. His great auntie Edna's friend, Thelma, bought it for him. She passed away this year which is very sad. He was toasty-warm in it. He's too young for the sled but we had a load of kids at the back of our house today sledding down the slope.

OKAY - we are going to renovate the kitchen. We have no set plan, save for a few ideas. This is the front end. As you can see, we have 1960's cabinets that are currently covered in grease. We have finally decided that we are going to rip them out, not save them. The fridge will be moved to the basement and will stay there and we'll buy a new one.

This is the back end of the kitchen. The whole size of the room is 10 x 20 feet. The current floor is awful so we'll either do fake wood or laminate. We can't afford and we have no desire to put ceramic tile down like we did at our old house. What a pain in the bum that was!

This wall is GOING!!!!! We are going to have an open plan kitchen that looks out into the living room. We're going to cut it out half-way down but the full length of the wall. We'll post pictures as we get more done.

This may take a while as we don't really have the money. We went to Lowes & Home Depot today and just for the fridge it's $1,000. Plus, we think we'll have at least $2,000 in cabinets, $1,000 in counter tops, $500 floor, $500 stools for breakfast bar, new sink, faucet, backsplash etc. etc. We're probably going to end up spending at least 6-8 grand, so it might take a year or so to get finished. We are going to set up a temporary kitchen in the basement. I'm not complaining though. I'm excited to get started!