WYWO - Kitchen

Our new kid free zone

Our new curtains . . see how well emma cleaned up her toys!

The beginning of our kitchen redo . . . .

Matt look at all the clear counter space!

Our priceless masterpieces

A view from the front hall

working on creating some of  the artwork in  the new kitchen

The beginning . . . the flowers! ahhhh!

Hard at work

The story:

This weekend Matthew was in TN with the teens. Last weekend while I was at mom's I was talking about what I could get done to surprise him. (we both like to do that occasionally) We talked and talked and finally decided the thing we could do and have the biggest impact (for good) on my house would be to redo the kitchen. So, Mom came up this weekend armed with paint swatchs, tape, hammer, drills, and the like. She had it taped off before I got home from work Friday. We painted the primer on Friday and did the rest on Saturday. My Saturday night my kitchen was redone, my downstairs bathroom was fixed up, my downstairs had curtains, and I had several good ideas for more improvements in the rest of the house. :) Tis is just proof a parents job is never done. Not even after they move out, go to college, get married, or have their own kids. You still have to go kick them in the rear and help them out. We used to hate our kitchen. It had ugly flowery wallpaper and it has 3 different types of flooring. Now I am loving it. (the floors still bad but mom isn't a miracle worker) It is so pretty and inviting now. We also moved all the kid stuff out of the upstairs living room. It has been deemed a "kid free zone" and is only for adults to sit and talk or eat or play piano, or just be. :)