Kitchen construction, Part 2

Hiya folks!  I'm loving what's happening in my kitchen!!


Here is what the walls looked like when they took down the cabinets and sad little formica backsplash. 

Apparently there was all sorts of liquid nail and other hard to remove glue behind it from various backsplashes that people have added over the years.  It was kind of nasty.  It took a long time for the workers to chisel off and then fix the plaster/add new drywall/re-mud, etc.

Here it is post-fix with lots of new power outlets.

We're kind of giddy about the power outlets and light switches.  We've possibly gone overboard but we figure that no one has ever used the phrase "I wish there were fewer power outlets here" and we've spent years saying "I wish there was more than one."   I'm so excited for the light switches -- we've added a three-way switch that makes me so happy.  We've spent many minutes turning it on and off saying "light goes on, light goes off" and taking pictures of ourselves next to it.  The previous set-up was just not logical.

Tuesday morning we found out that we had to have everything that wasn't going to be hidden by a cabinet painted by 8 am Wednesday because the cabinets were showing up!  So, from 2 pm to 2 am we primed and painted.  Well, my DH primed until I came home from work at 6 pm and then he continued to prime and I painted until midnight.  I was getting really loopy at that point and had to get up at 6 am for work, so I bowed out.  He kept going until 2 am.

It's virtually impossible to really communicate the color here.  It is called "herbal mist" and is a pale sage green.  I go back and forth, but I'm pretty sure I like it.  :)

Wednesday morning we were invaded by cardboard boxes of cabinets.  I have NO idea how it all fit in the house. 

I guess it didn't really, because our sun porch is full, too

I came home at lunch yesterday (because I seriously can't stay away from this -- I love to see how it's going) and saw this:

By the evening, we had this:

Again, really hard to see the color of either the walls or the cabinets (the cabinets are lighter than they look), but it is looking fabulous!! (At some point we will be replacing the doors on the front of the weird cabinet that is sticking out on the second picture so they match the new kitchen.)

I can't wait to see where we get to today!  More upper cabinets are going up and we should soon no longer see any white (which will make it look a lot more finished). 

I think that most everything will be done by Friday or Monday.  Unfortunately the counters can't be installed until next Wednesday (because apparently they only deliver them on Wednesdays).  We still will have to do floors after that point but we will have a functioning gorgeous kitchen!!! :)