Kitchen Renovation: Day 2

Kitchen Renovation: Day 2 was slightly less productive than Kitchen Renovation: Day 1. We didn’t really feel like doing much, besides my being present for the cabinet delivery and our trip to Home Depot to pick out hardware for the cabinets and to grab a bunch of paint swatches over which to ponder. Note: Picking out hardware has to be one of the most challenging design decisions you can make. I don’t know why, but all of those metal pulls and knobs and handles in chrome and brushed nickel and bronze make me want to hurt somebody (preferably, the person who decided that we cabinet owners actually need all of these crazy options.)

After running back and forth between this aisle and the kitchen section (to “compare” our picks to our cabinet style), we agreed these Amerock brushed nickel square-ish pulls and matching handles for the drawers.

Our American Woodmark “Annapolis” cabinets arrived in the afternoon yesterday.

When the men were done bringing in all the giant boxes, our kitchen looked like this. And when I say it looked like this, I mean it still looks like this as we speak.

The cats seemed really disappointed that the front door was wide open for at least 10 minutes and none of them were brave enough to attempt darting outside to freedom.

Today, we tackle the giant puzzle that will be our dining room as we try to smoosh all of the cabinets in there so we can move around the kitchen. Then, we spackle and fill in all the little holes in the wall that might as well have tiny WELCOME ALL MICE mats made of cheddar cheese in front of them.