OH MY WORD.

There is no better phrase to sum up the last 7 days than "oh my word."  Seriously.  So far, close to 75 man-hours have been logged as we have trudged through the storm named "repainting our kitchen cabinets."  Has it been worth it?  We certainly hope so, but only time will tell.  Hopefully (fingers crossed), the death trap that is our kitchen will be put back together this weekend.

Here's where we started (excuse the slight disaster...I nearly forgot to take "before" pictures, so I just snagged a few the morning before we began).

 PS - if you're a lover of all things natural wood, please avert your eyes.

 Soooooo much honey oak.

 And almost as much dingy brass.

 And a happy huzz.

 Making room for "distant gray".

 Ideally, this will be a usable space someday.

 My beloved cookbook collection.

 I'll provide more accurate stats (and a whole heckuva lot of details and exaggerations) later, but for now, this is how far we've come:

 We've been living in this chaos for a week (#firstworldproblems).

 And it's all about to come to an end. Can't. Wait.

Tonight's checklist:  spray paint hardware, do final coat on tops of doors, purchase those little clear things that you put on the backs of doors and drawers to prevent them from sticking to the frame (that's a technical term), and SIT.  We be sleepy.  But excited.

More deets (and pictures!!!) to come!