Oh no, I had that feeling too !

The day I came home and most of the interior of the house had been repainted in new lovely colours, I felt like it was far too nice to be my house. I totally understand that you feel like this.

Thank goodness your project is finally moving in the right direction, you must be thrilled !

Sounds like your in the "pinch me" phase of your remodel buehl. Wait till you break your kitchen in, it will start to feel more real to you. I married my childhood sweetheart after 38 years of being apart, that was 3 years ago and we are still in the "pinch me" phase! It's not a bad place to be, makes that your lucky stars everyday.

Can't wait to see your finished project. Enjoy!

Buehl,

Totally get it.

I'd say I'm just now starting to feel like this is really our kitchen- it's been functional for about 4 months. Though not finished yet.... sigh! We're doing a total house reno, and I'm living in chaos everywhere else, just finished drywalling Master- so once that is painted, will be closer to getting flooring down upstairs, then I get to feel like I'm in a brand new house! Each little milestone is a thrill, like getting the trim around a window, a door, buying a toilet- it'll be nice to just not to have to look at rough edges of drywall around every door and window, let alone be able to walk around in my bare feet (plywood floors everywhere except the kitchen!).

Maybe, it's different from moving to a new house, cuz you're still in the same spot, but everything's changed. And, if you're like me, you didn't build your house, so it's a strange conundrum of living in someone else's place with your choices...

I totally had that feeling too!

It just means you did a super awesome job putting it together.

The cabinets, floors and painting for my kitchen happened to finish late on the same day. When I went back at night took look at it, I was so excited I couldn't sleep all night. Kind of silly, but there it is. Enjoy!!!

I sort of felt the same way, but ours came together so gradually, that I had time to adjust. I still just sometimes walk in there to look at it though, now that it is almost done, and I think my BF thinks I'm nuts :)

I'm just about to order my cabinets and I just thought, "I can't believe I'm going to have such a beautiful kitchen"! What really gets me is that my new kitchen will be more $$ than my first house! That's really weird...
Barb

I didn't really feel like my kitchen was mine until I put a ding in my new fridge. Or seeing the fingerprints all over the front of the stainless steel appliances. Or coming down one morning and realizing that I HADN'T spent most of the previous evening wiping smudges and streaks off the granite or washed every little thing and had it put perfectly away. After a while the honeymoon phase wears off a bit and you won't be so obsessive about keeping everything perfect, then you'll know it's YOURS!

Congratulations on finally getting things going YOUR way. You so totally deserve it after all you've been through. Enjoy your "pinch me" stage!;)

Robin

I had kind of the opposite feeling. We have lived in this house 11 years, and that whole time, I felt like I was using someone else's kitchen. Nothing about it was something I would have chosen or placed where it was. I liked the color of the countertop (black), but I hated everything else about it the whole time. I didn't do much of anything to change it because we were always "about to" start the remodel.

When my new kitchen was finished (or mostly finished, since we still have a few things to do), I felt like I was walking into my own kitchen for the first time. I still feel so incredibly right at home in there.

I did get a tiny bit of the "this is too nice to be mine" feeling you describe, but it was quickly replaced by the "damn it, this is what I deserved all along!" feeling. :)

i came home from work after the new furniture had been delivered and our reno of our three story arts & crafts home was complete. i just stood there and said, "oh my God! who lives here?"

It took a few months, but one day I just realized that it felt like it was OUR kitchen, and that was that! :-)

I also feel a bit guilty...like it's beyond what we 'needed' and I have to make excuses for the extravagance...All in my own mind, of course. (and a bit of thanks to the in-laws) I'm still lacking some shelves in my cabinets and the shelves for my pantry, so I think I'll feel more at home when everything we have is in their proper 'homes'. I think you'll realize more that it's yours when you finally get to fill the cupboards with your things, and it is all working the way you've imagined.