Being back in a functioning kitchen is everything amazing.

I ADORE food and especially, find solace in baking. We haven’t had a lot of time to relish in our kitchen yet, but slowly we are getting back into a normal and healthy cooking, baking and eating routine.

Being that it is summer and we are still on a hectic schedule, I am trying to utilize our kitchen for a bit of fresh food creativity. Quickly whipping up a cream cheese filling for strawberries and doing a quick scan of toast ideas on Pinterest that can utilize our fresh fruit has been a great way to ease back into our love of ‘kitchen life’.

I am beyond thankful to have this new space and am anxious to have more time in it. Time has a way of flying by when life is happening.

When the tired and busyness kicks in, I take a deep breath and think of autumn blended soups, waffle brunches and all the Christmas baking that will be happening in here sooner than later and it keeps me going into a new week.

& onward we go.

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We began our full gutting and kitchen/Dining room renovation on May 18th.

What we did

• Gutted the kitchen with the help of friends

• Replaced the sub floor, insulation and dryer vent

• patched up holes in walls, etc.

• put proper plug covers in walls

• Painted

• installed IKEA cupboards & island (no easy feat with a 50 year old curved walls)

• Installed dishwasher & fixed a few slight pluming weirdness (hired a trusted professional and friend)

• Cut and Installed IKEA countertops (Birch)

• Cut Hole and installed drop in Sink

• Installed Faucet

What we have left to do

• Finish installing hardware

• Put in flooring

• Install trim

• Install kick boards around the cupboards and island.

I am so excited for when the whole space is done but for now, having a functional kitchen is a huge step into this journey. After two months without a kitchen sink, I was more than ready for it when it went in last week.

So far we have learned through this project we are more than capable to handle big projects and we are so thankful to be able to make it happen.