After the Parents...there were contractors

Well who does not love visits from the fam...I for one LOVE that they come to see Hudson (let's be honest, they don't care about us as much anymore;). Who doesn't love BOTH sets of parents coming in for two weeks at a time back to back?

Seriously we have wonderfully supportive parents so we welcome them! They were a big help to us getting the house ready, especially mom and dad Rainey. It is partly their investment, but they'd do it even if it weren't...give give give, that's what they do.

While they were here we got busy really demo-ing. The rest of the kitchen went away, far away, never to be seen again. Spencer, mom and dad were on their hands and knees scraping flooring away, taking up nails...battling the dust and sneaky insulation that was seeping out. I would LOVE to put the picture i took of my mom acting like she was going to hammer my dad's head during all of this, but alas, she is prideful like me when it comes to pics on the Internet...HAVE TO FILTER.

In other news, my dad was trying to fix a plumbing problem, in both bathrooms (note we paid a plumber $75 to check out our one and a half bath before we started and he said it was "all good") when in the half-bath the leaky pipe burst and water was spraying everywhere. My mom had to run to the neighbor and get help. Our neighbor thought my dad had a heart attack because my mom was so frantic. I wish I could have been there to see that...boo!

And our neeeeewwwww kitchen will be...drum roll please....Lidingo White from IKEA. Everything is ordered and will be delivered the last week of September. I am so excited!! Here is a picture of what the cabinets look like. We will have three glass cabinet doors (woop woop!). As for the back splash, we are going with a white subway tile look, i think. The jury is still out on that.

After much deliberation, I have decided on the single bowl white farmhouse sink. We were going back and forth on the double bowl or single. After looking at our measurements, the double-bowl was just too big (36 inches) for the space. Here is the sink we ordered:

So now that the parents are gone, the contractors are coming around. We have work going on in the kitchen today...the cut-out should be done, doorway extended along with ceiling being patched after a random fan is taken out. The electrician will be there next Monday and Tuesday to wire it all, then we have to have it inspected before the drywall can go up...when that is done, it's full speed ahead in there.

The windows should be there in another week and a half, as well as the front door.

We are less than 60 days out. I must say, I am a little skeptical that everything will be done by the time we move. I would like to call in the HGTV experts that come and get a whole house built and ready in a day to come finish mine at the end. :)

Stay tuned!

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L