Memorial Weekend

Well I took most of my photos near the end of the day and since I don't like to use the flash, they are all a bit dark and dismal. Oh well. This weekend, I finally completed one section of the kitchen! And got started on a second section. Hoorah!
This is the closest I have to a "before" shot. We removed the upper cabinets, that's what my husband is doing in this photo.

And then the new section I started! Before (gross so dirty, this is before we moved in):

During:

It takes so long in between coats of paint and especially to let one side of the cabinets cure before you flip and do the other, I also worked on installing the crown molding in the foyer.

 Crown molding is actually really easy to install. Especially with those corner pieces that allow you to make straight cuts instead of mitering the corners. You put the crown molding up, it looks like crap because there are gaps everywhere. Then the magic of CAULK makes everything look beautiful.

Please notice we still are using temporary shades. Booo! Hopefully the windows we'll be trimmed out soon and I can make real curtains for these windows. My husband spent the weekend continuing to work on the studio. He patched the foundation and is working on replacing the roof joists to fix this:

It is going to be so nice when the roof is finally repaired. The major eyesore of the house will be history.