Lilley of the field

Now to the intimidating and unknown part that has gone surprisingly well... DEMOLITION! So Aaron's dad helped him take out the wall cabinets in half our kitchen on a Sunday afternoon in about 2 1/2 hours. Look at my handsome husband... Then.... the following Saturday our good friends Will and Andrea came and helped with demolition. They left at lunch time, but by the end of the day Aaron had gotten out all of the cabinets!   Our make shift kitchen :) And now we are slowly working on chipping out tile in the kitchen!

This is an important stage I want to chronicle.... the dreaming and planning So we dreamed for about a year and specifically planned starting in February. I, of course, had a pinterest board going and stalked certain blogs for kitchen tips. We have landed on the following choices (well there are tons more things... but these are the main ones): - White shaker-style Ikea cabinets (Grimslov) - Light stone colored 12 by 18 in floor tiles in a herringbone pattern (Lowes) -laminate countertops (Lowes) -Replacing a section of the wall cabinets with floating shelves -Same wall color we currently have - farmhouse sink (ikea) - Light blue/ grey glass subway tile backsplash ( from Home Depot) We decided the Ikea route because I have heard great things about them. We live about 2 hours from the nearest Ikea store, but my parents like 30 minutes from it so I had my dad buy the smallest size door to bring us as a sample to make sure we liked the quality and it was super sturdy and ver

So we have had about a year's break from intense DIY house projects and well we're back. It's like a horrible addition or something. You hate yourself for doing it, but it makes you feel good in some twisted universe. But really. So we have decided to completely redo our kitchen. I mean completely. We are ripping out cabinets and floor to install everything new... except appliances. We bought stainless steel appliances when we moved into our house 3 years ago. But I want to chronicle our adventures of kitchen remodeling here because I have found it to be super helpful to read other blogs of people redoing their kitchen. I typically don't put house projects on my blog. I like it to be a sacred space of storytelling and vulnerability- so I will attempt to weave those into this process..... but we are FREAKING redoing our kitchen. Are we out of our minds? Probably. This is my space to journal notes and thoughts that will help me in the future if we ever redo another kitche