Kitchen- before and after!

Hello everyone! I'm once again avoiding studying...I have a test in the morning, but instead I've decided to add another round of pictures! Besides that- my mom, dad and Abbey made a visit to KC last weekend. It was lots of fun to have more guests and spend time with them. We are looking forward to going to Manhattan this weekend for graduation.

Anyway, tonight I thought I would do the kitchen...

Here is the only good "before" picture that I have (don'tmiss the lovely border that would NOT come off AND the gross ceilings stained from the vents)- yuck!!

I don't have any pics of us actually scraping the ceilings in the kitchen, so I thought I would just include one of what we looked like during the weeks we were scraping and sanding all the ceilings! It was such a messy job!!! I'm so glad we are done with that and LOVE our new flat ceilings (with no stains) :)
Here is an "in-between" picture! The cabinets are off and have gotten their first sanding. The floors are all pulled up (it left hundreds of 1 1/2" staples in the floor that we had to hammer in by hand before we couldn't scrape them out- another "not-so-fun" job!) The border is also finally down- I had to eventually give in and buy a steamer! There is still lots of dust in the air - you can see the reflections of the specks of dust!
Here is the kitchen....almost done!! no floors or backsplash and the countertops aren't done. Notice the pile of paint cans- I think we ended up with about double that! (you can also get a sneak peak of the dining room and breakfast nook- more pics coming soon :)

And...the final product! Yeah! My mom says she like the cabinets now- even though she cringed when she found out we were painting the oak :) We think the kitchen is much brighter now! We loving have a spot for all of our kitchen gadgets that we got for our wedding! Now...if I can just find time to cook more often!

My kitchen desk area!