Kitchen Appliances

We finally purchased our kitchen appliances!! It felt like this process took forever but we finally found a sale that we thought was the best deal we could get. We went with all stainless steel Kenmore appliances from Sears and purchased them during their friends and family sale.  After all of the discounts we ended up getting everything together for less than the list price of the fridge alone.

Kitchen Details

On our last trip home we finalized all of the details of the house, most importantly the kitchen details! This included the cabinet style, finish, and color, countertops, and finalized the layout.
We decided to go back to the original wood floors in the kitchen and didn't want the room to feel like a cabin so we opted for white cabinets.

We thought we had decided on the countertops but when we were told we could get granite at half the price of the man made material we picked out, we quickly changed our minds. Absolute black was the granite color we decided on.

These drawings were based off the plans we talked about in this post and is almost exactly the same.

These are the cabinet plans the three upper ones on the left will be glass and the two tall ones are our pantries that will be on either side of a window seat.

Above the sink will be a breakfast bar.

Now all we need to decide on is the cabinet pulls and pendant lights.

Inspiration Board: Kitchen

The kitchen is the room that we are most excited about because we both enjoy cooking and entertaining. For now we think we want white cabinets with stainless handles to go with the stainless appliances, dark counter tops and wood floors. I really like the color combination of the kitchen on the left.  

Kitchen Layout in 3D

After imagining the kitchen layout in our heads we wanted to make sure everyone else was seeing what we were and came across Lowe's virtual kitchen designer where you can practically do whatever you want (although it takes a while).  For the most part it's exactly what we want!   

Kitchen Layout

I am by no means an architect (heck, I can't even draw a straight line) so this drawing is not exactly to scale  but it shows what we think we want to do with the layout of the kitchen. Right now the kitchen is a large blank canvas which sounds fantastic but we've been pretty stumped on what to do. Now that we have the layout down we need to have someone come out to the house and tell us how much its going to cost. The next thing on the kitchen checklist is the color scheme and materials that we will be using.  We are now on the hunt for flooring and counter top options. We are definitely open to suggestions if you have any!

Picture Heavy: 1000 Words

I've neglected the blog long enough, I said I'd have an update by the weekend or early this week. Tuesday's still considered early week, isn't it?

It's been a good day, there's squash for a casserole tonight cooling in the kitchen, another half pot of coffee brewing, I swear coffee is slowly becoming a midday addiction and I'm giving my Google account a workout with several simultaneous picture and music uploads. I received my Google Music invite giving me instant access to all my music anywhere with a computer or smartphone, though that could be for another blog altogether. Slowly but surely my Facebook and Twitter are falling by the wayside and I'm going full Google. 

The meat of today's post is giving those reading a taste of what the house has to offer. I hope you enjoy and any advice is welcome. I'll try and take everyone on a virtual tour. 

The yard. Close enough to a white picket fence and I think it comes with 2.5 children.

(click on any picture to enlarge) 

Coming in from the driveway, the front of the house. 

The side and back of the house. 

Kitchen.

Front Room - Living Room. 

Bedrooms & Bathroom. 

Upstairs. 

Basement.