After starting in late June, moving temporarily into an apartment, moving back temporarily into the basement, and after watching hopeful completion date after after hopeful completion date pass us by, we finally negotiated a "its done enough" date with our builder and finally slept in our own beds on Sunday night. After four days of moving boxes and cleaning later, we hosted Thanksgiving for our local family at 2:00 p.m. today.
We have lots for which to be thankful. We are lucky to be able to improve our house like this, and we have to keep reminding ourselves of this as the schedule keeps slipping.
After moving in and cooking like mad for Thanksgiving, it is now quite apparent that we do indeed have a kick ass kitchen.
Pictures below of some highlights.
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Result of missing a stud while homeowner tried to hang pot rack himself.
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| Let the expert do it. |
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| One use for the built in iPad dock |
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| First meal cooked in the new kitchen - Pancakes! |
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| Attempting to keep turkey breast cool while warming dark meat to room temperature. |
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| Thanksgiving 2012 |
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