manually distracted

I've been a little distracted lately and I had to check my blog this evening to see whether I promised to do the draw today or tomorrow!  Eeek!  Sorry for the delay!  My dh drew 'According to Kim's name!  Congrats Kim!  The bracelet will be delivered within the next few days!

You see, I've been a little distracted by the glimmer from my kitchen!  I've been busy wiping sawdust off shelves, carrying stuff back into the kitchen and trying to organize it in a thoughtful way.  We've started reading the appliance manuals too!  I'm delighted to have this learning curve!

Without further ado, here are some photos before we moved back in Thursday (and the photos don't justify the kitchen ~ in the evening, the countertop sparkles like stars in a very dark night sky ~ click to magnify them!):

For the curious, the paint is Benjamin Moore's CC67 Gray Wisp on the bulkheads, CC680 Raindance and the walls and Cloud White for the ceiling and trim.  The school house lights and hardware are from Rejuvenation.  Adding the bulkheads was a marvellous idea and is our favourite evening lighting source as the pot-lights cause the kitchen to sparkle.  We love the fridges and the induction cooktop is as speedy as promised in causing water to boil.  I just finished initiating the oven so it is ready for baking; I have to finish setting up the steam oven!  The renovation was a little short of 6 weeks which is incredible considering we had to have the oven cabinet re-made because we had focussed on the height of the oven and not the height of the steam oven to determine how high the oven should be from the floor.  We are so delighted!