Credit for a Job Well Done (Kitchen Updates)

Men.  That could be an entire article in itself, right?  They’re notorious for driving us nuts, so it’s a good thing they’re just so darn cute.  Especially today.

Your house is probably like ours.  You have the established roles for who does what – one of you cooks, one cleans up.  One does the taxes, one eats all the food.  Construction projects are no different for us.  I have my roles, and Martin has his.  It’s our best kept secret for working together.  I don’t get in his way, and he doesn’t lean over my shoulder. 

So when I pulled out the camera after *I* finished the next step of our kitchen remodel, I had to laugh.

martin-mudding

Do you see what Martin has in his hands?  The compound *I* used is in his right.  The metal scraper *I* used to spread it is in his left.  How, oh how did my tools manage to slip into his fingers just as I was snapping the picture, that’s what I’d like to know!

The thing that you’d probably like to know:  what exactly were those tools for, Katie? 

The short version?  Leveling.  

The slightly longer short version:  When we tore down the solid plaster walls with the sawsall, the cuts couldn’t be totally level, and the ceiling had little holes where the walls had linked into it like Legos.  Here’s what that dusty project looked like:

tearing down walls

We filled the holes in the floor a couple months ago.  (One of us has a tendency to fall in things like that, and unfortunately, it isn’t the person grinning at you above.)  Now we’re preparing to install the countertops, and this is one of the final steps before the counter delivery man drops off our order.  We can’t get too excited, though.  Unlike prefabricated cabinets, we still have to sand and varnish.  I have a feeling those countertops are going to be covered with newspapers for a long, long time.  (sigh) 

Scope out our finished kitchen – yeah! – right here.

(Image by Katie for Making This Home)