Work, work, work

I know, I know…it’s been a week and I haven’t updated you on our progress.  What can I say?  We’re busy with the house!  We’ve been making a lot of progress though!
Last week we were able to finish framing the raised ceiling in the kitchen, 

put in the wiring for the new can lights,

put in new insulation,

and put up sheetrock in the raised ceiling (thanks to help from our friends, Taylor and Jamie!).

 

Then, after a quick weekend trip up to Missouri to visit Andy’s brother and sister-in-law, we got right back to work, putting dry wall mud in the cracks and over the popcorn ceiling and finishing cleaning and sanding the old cabinets.

 

Look at all those cabinets…phew!

Then Andy sprayed texture on the walls and ceiling.  Thankfully, while up in Missouri the guys had visited Harbour Freight, and Andy found a great dry wall texture gun for about $20.  He had to cover up the door to spray, hehe!

And this is the result:

And here’s the finished box ceiling!

Today I spent all day painting the ceiling and walls in the kitchen.  For the ceiling, we just did a plain old “Antique White”.  For the walls we wanted a real pale yellow…almost a cream.  We picked a tint called “Early Morning Sun”.  It looked good in the can and on one spot, but once I painted the whole wall I realized it was just a tad too bright.  This is what it looked like:

So then Andy mixed our yellow with the “Antique White” color we used on the ceiling, and it came out just right.

I love, love, LOVE the new color.  You can’t really tell in the pictures, but it’s such a warm and cheery color.  It will make our kitchen seem so bright and airy, even in the grey of winter.
As I speak, Andy is putting in our recessed lights in the kitchen.  We also ordered a flooring sample of a laminate wood floor that we’re thinking about ordering.  Then it’s on to refinishing and painting the cabinets and installing them!
We’re so ready to get this kitchen done.  Camping is fun, but I can’t find anything when it’s in boxes stacked in a corner.  We’re making memories, though. :)