Where do you live that the window is cracked, where I am, snow would be blowing in! I can`t wait until I can have that excitement! Have a few more months to wait, please everyone, pray for NY to have better weather so we can get our roofing shingles on!

Ha---yes, we're in California, though it's actually raining and cold here in our version of "winter" too...the windows were open because I'd just painted them the night before and was afraid they would stick! I do miss the snow this time of year, though...I'd rather have that than rain and mud. :/

HI artemis78, I could have written your post! Yesterday after waiting since Sept., my cabinets started to be installed. I look at the "broom" closet and cry inside-that is too big! The plan looked great on paper but really takes up too much space(even though I had taped off the floor for the new cab size before I made my final decision) My walking area to the dining room turned into a hallway... The cab guy was upset that I was disappointed but told me he did what I wanted. I said I know that I said I wanted that but it really doesnt work.Hopefully he will be back tomorrow to take it to the shop. Anyway thank you for your post. And I hope your kitchen all comes together smoothly.

Now you won't be sleeping at night for a whole 'nother reason! And best of all, still on budget. Who said money can't buy happiness! What countertop?

- I do miss the snow this time of year, though...I'd rather have that than rain and mud. :/----

Are you NUTS!! We had a blizzard Sat/Sun so I baked 3 pans of baklava, 3 loaves of (frozen) bread that I had made into French bread, a couple doz. premade frozen cookies and a pound cake from scratch. Every pair of jeans I own are the same Wrangler size/style. Can you figure out what I'm thinking?

P.S. We might get above zero tomorrow with a "light" wind. So I'm assuming we'll still have a wind chill. My barn is trashed - snow and hay everywhere but it won't get cleaned until Saturday. I told my girls it would be nice if they would step outside to poop and if they could eat the hay they strung all over I'd sure appreciate it. Ha!

Woo Hoo! It's coming right along. I am so loving what you all are doing. I read your post on the floor and think you guys did a great job on that one. It's amazing how great it is when you start to get cupboards in. And I can so relate to the two steps forward and one step back on the cabinets.

I haven't posted about our kitchen since it's been so hectic, but on the day the appliances were delivered, the opening for the fridge was about an inch too small. The opening for the wall oven was about 1 inch too big. And the dishwasher was the wrong color. This was about 2 weeks ago. The cabinetmaker fixed everything so we are good to go there.

The SS countertops are on. I'm in love. I can't leave them alone.

And, we have a similar green on our walls. It's SW Hearts of Palm. I really like it in the morning and at night. But when the afternoon sun shines on it, it gets a little bright. But like you, I'm not soooo upset with it to think about starting over here.

I think we are kindred spirits on this kitchen reno. I can't wait to see what comes next on yours. Hopefully in the next day or two I can post pics of our kitchen.

It's fun to hear your excitement1 As far as the slab front upper drawers go, in your picture they look good to me. The bin handle idea will be perfect. To me sometimes the top drawers look less "busy" as slabs. Plus it will make them easier to keep clean. The little "shelves" on my doors are real crud-catchers!

So happy for you - you did a lot and the cabinets are looking good.

@dkbc, that's funny---we did the same thing with the tape, except we picked the smaller cabinet! (I did go doublecheck my emails as they were working, and indeed, there's an exchange there confirming that the broom closet is shallower and the fridge panel was 25" deep, so I felt confident sending them back with those---luckily those cabs just have cabinets vs. drawers, so they should be pretty easy to cut down, I think.) DH was pushing for 24" deep on the broom closet in the early planning stages, so it was interesting to get to see it in "real life" and confirm that no, it really, really wouldn't be a good idea.

@pinch_me, it will be Barroca soapstone counters on the gray cabinets and butcher block (probably cherry?) on the white. Soapstone is all ready to get templated whenever we are, so trying to push through on getting the sink in place this week! And, see, all that baking and cold weather really does make me miss the Northeast... (Here, we got a "deep freeze warning last week, which is a rarity. Issued because the temperature was going to hit---wait for it---32! Err...)

@hydrangea_luvr, so glad to hear yours is coming along too---can't wait to see photos! I can't wait for our SS to go in, so in the meantime I'll live vicariously through yours. ;) And it's funny--I actually really like our wall color in most lights, but it does wash out a bit with the gray cabinets. (My vote was all white and DH's was no white, so what you see is our compromise; since both are painted, we figured they could always be changed by future owners who agreed on things!) We'll see once the real lights are in, though, since we haven't seen much sun since we painted, and the lamps aren't exactly lighting the room well. The boy thinks it needs to be brighter; I actually liked the color that you can see in that last photo by the dehumidifier, which was even less bright (that's a little swatch of BM Potpourri Green, one of the also-rans). And weirdly, in that same photo, the two sides of the wall in the corner are in fact exactly the same color---it just changes a lot in different light, apparently! Color and lighting have seriously been two of the biggest challenges in this whole process---so hard to get right.

We used BM Sea Haze on our laundry room cabinets and I love it! I was going to use it on our range area cabinets, but I also did an 11th hour switch...to BM Sabre Gray. Still not sure that was the right choice.

Your kitchen is looking great! Can't wait to see it come together more and more. I"m excited to see the counters on...Your choices sound beautiful.

Oooooh, pretty cabs! Can't wait to see more! I'm so excited for you! I think square pulls would look very nice.

Great progress, and very cool vintage range.

We are kind of on the same wavelength with our kitchen design. I love, love, love my hardware. When I get home, I'll find a picture for you it. It's Atlas Homewares, California Craftsman pulls. We got the pulls for the drawers and then got the knobs for the cabinets. I'm hoping they get installed today. Anyway, the pulls are what drew me in. We got them in ORB. Our lighting is ORB, too, so they really copmliment each other

Here is a link that might be useful: Pulls

I love it! Can't wait to see the finished product!

What is that amazing stove? I'm in love with the vintage stoves...wish I'd done one! Maybe in my next house in 20 years. : )

Thanks all! @farmhousegirl, that's a 1954 O'Keefe and Merritt High-Vue 535---it came with the house, but is looking far better these days than when we moved in. I really wish I'd taken some "before" photos, but we replaced all the handles (the original ones had been swapped out for some square 60s handles at some point, which had melted against the stove...oops!) and are in the process of fixing the periscope and having a local restoration company rewire it and fix some wonkiness (the lights and periscope actually work now but it's still taken apart so no photos yet). We actually tried to move it out of the kitchen while demo was happening, but it didn't fit through the door, so I'm at a loss as to how they got it in there! (House is circa 1915, so clearly not the original stove.) Can't wait to finally use it again!

@hydrangea, beautiful pulls! We're using a similar style but a bit simpler---linked below. Still not sure on the inset cabinets, though.

Here is a link that might be useful: Our pulls

I really like those pulls you have picked out. I think bin pulls might be a good idea.

I like the green by the dehumidifier, too. I can say that as each day passes, the green in my kitchen is growing on me. Of course, my husband is painting our dining room the same color this weekend. I'll probably be shocked again by the color.

Okay, I've been busy the past month. Any new updates?

Ha---I wish! We hit the DIY burnout phenomenon and slowed to a snail's pace over the holidays. I think we'll get the range hood hung at last this weekend, which for some silly reason is a requirement for counter templating (why??), so that's been on hold. Cabinets and electrical are now mostly done, with a few glitchy things to get finished on both, so we're just about ABC now---all but counter. But that's not getting done for a while, since we're off on a welcome vacation this month. When we get back, counter templating is first, then sink and dishwasher (yay, functioning kitchen again!) and finally moulding and backsplash. So---closer, but not close enough!

And how did your DR color turn out??

hurry up artemis! i want to see a finish!

I so admire the fact that you are DIY. We definitely were not. Demolition was about all we could handle.

DR color is great. I think once we got past the fact that it wasn't right up against a white wall that it looked better. I'll try to post pics on Sunday of the finished product. We even moved into the bathroom and painted the week after Christmas.

Anyway, keep us posted.