I’m the luckiest woman in the world!
I have a gorgeous house AND internet! Woohoo! Who could ask for more? The house is *almost* done! My contractor managed to redeem himself slightly and has come through with an almost complete addition and kitchen in two days. The only things left are painting and replacing our kitchen window, all which should be done next week. But in the meantime we can cook, clean, wash dishes and work (being without a computer was like being without air – ok, a little dramatic). I am beyond thrilled! Now we just need to put it all together and put away the dishes that are living in the guest room half of the office. I keep telling myself one drawer at a time.
Our next project is Kate’s room. With 80 days left until my due date (which I doubt she’ll make it to) we need to get going!
In the meantime here are the latest photos of the kitchen and the office. They struggled so much with our hood that it’s covered in fingerprints. Anyone know how to get prints off of stainless? The popcorn goes up this afternoon.
And here’s the office. We’re used to a 10×10 room so our stuff only takes up a 1/4 of the space in our 18×24 addition. I’m sure we’ll fill it up in no time. On the other side of the office we’re planning a pull out couch/day bed/futon, coffee table and tv/entertainment system. The rest of the house will be obsolete before you know it! 
Here’s the whole office for those of you just tuning in. And yes, that’s a lot of junk. When we get the window treatments up and the kitchen filled back up I’ll get you a photo of the room the way it should be.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Looks great!!! Enjoy!
July 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
WOW!!! it looks sooooo nice, i’m soooo jealous!!! I do know how to get the stainless clean, i actually have some cleaner that came with our stainless oven, it’s called Cerama Bryte Stainless Steel cleaning polish and conditioner, it did an awesome job. And it says it contains mineral oil. So if you can find this stuff it works like magic. =) I tried tons of stuff but that worked best.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
It looks fabulous! I love it.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
wow it looks great! I could only dream of a kitchen like that so I’ll have to live vicariously through you until then
Enjoy all that extra space!
July 18th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
GORGEOUS! It really was worth the wait, huh!?
May your counters always look so neat and clean. :p
July 19th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Woo hoo! Congratulations on surviving the renovations! It looks even better than the renderings
Bill’s recommendation for stainless is WD40, but on the other hand I think he just loves using that stuff any excuse that he gets…
July 20th, 2008 at 11:53 am
It all looks amazing. Congrats on almost finishing… I bet you can’t wait to start on the nursery.
I just discovered that Magic American SS Cleaner is amazing… great for fingerprints, and water drippings off the fridge (http://www.magicamerican.com/products_a.aspx). GL!
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:19 am
OMG! What a gorgeous gorgeous kitchen… You guys have fabulous taste… I’m just a wee bit jealous of your double oven and hummeresque fridge… it’s just lovely! As for fingerprints, just get a stainless steel polisher from the grocery store. I have one that is a spray can. I’ve also seen wipes for stainess steel… might be better since your hands will be full with the two kids!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Oh wow, it’s like a totally different house! I am in LOVE with that range hood, soooo upscale and beautiful!
And your office.. I think it’s bigger than the whole upstairs of our house!
Method makes stainless steel wipes, and since they are supposedly more “natural” those are the ones I have been using while pregnant. Otherwise, make walter do it