boxing in above the kitchen cabinets

 The kitchen cabinets in our current house are open above. That makes them great for displaying some items, like vases, cast iron muffin tin, and baskets. However, I hate having to climb onto my countertop several times a year to haul all of the stuff down and scrub the greasy dust that covers them. Then I have to scrub the tops of the cabinets.

Martin kindly agreed that it would be best to frame in and sheetrock above the cabinets at an tigin. 

They will be nice and neat compared to what I am dealing with now.

Bathrooms are painted

This weekend Martin and I concentrated on getting both bathrooms painted. 

We succeeded!

 The picture below shows the color the best. We are using CFL bulbs which seem to add a yellow hue to the walls.

 The pictures above are the upstairs bathroom and the pictures below are the downstairs bathroom.

the beginnings of a real kitchen

 Just this past weekend, I had the pleasure of helping Martin start putting kitchen cabinets in.

 Luckily he is talented enough to do the job by himself. 

We needed to exchange a damaged upper cabinet before we could move forward.

Martin ended up finishing the job without me.

 He also started the vintage kitchen sink installation. 

Next he needs to refurbish the vintage gas cook range before it can go in.