Kitchen makeover complete...

It's nice to have our kitchen back in working order.  At one point we had the fridge, kitchen table and hutch piled into the center of the room.  What's left are just a few electrical outlets to swap out in the kitchen.  So, believe it or not, that's about it for the Blomquist Fujii home... just a few details left here and there, and Stef and I are finished making over our first house together.  This has been a very special project for both of us.  Though, we will not be doing this again for a long time...  I hope...  Time to enjoy our endevours.

One of my favorite memories from college was coming back to Stefanie's grandparents home every evening after class, sitting around their kitchen table and having a warm cup of green tea over a meandering conversation.  I'm looking forward to having that with Stef more often now that our kitchen is done.

See panaromic stitch of kitchen photos below. 

Farewell Hot Pink, Salmon Kitchen, Farewell

Dear Hot Pink, Salmon Kitchen,

When we originally encountered you, we pittied you...but compared to the rest of the house, you were, oddly enough, the most functional.  Partially because we need you so much, and partially because the rest of the house was so ugly you were last on the rehab list.  Although you have served us well over the past year and a half, assisting us with countless meals, thousands of cookies, and two gingerbread structures, I am excited to say...you have to go.  I realize your previous owners probably thought you were a dramatic, maybe even fashionable statement.  I am sure they were even convinced that you would accent the small pink flecks in the laminate countertops they installed, but you now clash with the rest of the house.  I apologize (not really), Hot Pink, Salmon Kitchen, but you have been pink slipped. 

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