kitchen renovation

josh got home from tour & apparently we don't know what to do when life slows down around here.  (we have had a baby, built a temporary studio in the basement, & finished out our attic space since moving in in september!)  we are all here, together, for five whole weeks, so we thought, "why don't we renovate our kitchen?"  well, actually, we weren't planning to start this kitchen project quite so soon, but  the permitting has finally gone through for the studio build-out, and it's been too rainy around here to pour the concrete for the foundation.  so the work crew--our friends cameron (who built our farm table and coffee table), peter, and tony, have some free days until the studio project begins.  it's a perfect time to give them a short-term, in-between project.

our kitchen renovation is going to be relatively quick & inexpensive as far as kitchen renovations can go... we're painting, tearing out the upper cabinets & installing open shelving, pulling up the linoleum to reveal the wood floor beneath, putting new faces on the lower cabinet doors & drawers (made of barnwood that cameron found), & installing a new countertop (concrete).  our inspiration for the style has been this book, this kitchen, this kitchen (among others) & our love for all things rustic.  we are currently living in the urban core of portland because we feel called to it for this season of our lives.  & we do like it, but we're country folks at heart.  so... room by room we're building out a little piece of country in the city!