Kitchen remodel

Bad picture but what it looked like before!

I have been dreaming about this for 5 1/2 years now! We had this huge pantry in our kitchen- the space was OK but the feeling of it being so enclosed was not OK. We could never figure out if our front room was a living room or a dining room. Our other room has a fireplace in it and I just thought it was funny to have a fireplace in the dining room. and the room with the fireplace is much larger than the front room and now that we have a flat screen it looks beautiful above the fireplace! So my plan was to take out the pantry wall and make the kitchen and front room feel more like a kitchen and dining room! All I wanted to do this weekend was tear up the old nasty carpet and put in tile floors- well Billy said I want the wall done first so we don't mess up the floors! So we started to knock down the wall and we found out it is a load bearing wall so we had to make some decisions and I think we are going to make it work!

We are going to move the cabinets that the kids are eating at over to where the pantry was and add a raised breakfast bar that goes into the dining room. Then we are going to make a smaller pantry that has a door that faces the same direction as the fridge. that will help support the roof!

and then we will put in the tile floors and get new counter tops. Then we are going to add a built in window seat that can be used for more seating if we need it! I want to add some shelves for my scrapbooks! And if there is time we will paint the cupboards. We can't agree what colors to make them so that is why they are last!

If for some lucky reason this gets done before Billy has to go to work we are going to take down the half wall that is our Bannister and add railing to it! And once I am done watching Sienna (the end of this month) I am going to paint the new dining room and the living room. I want to make the dining room a tan color that goes all the way up into our hallway that goes to the upstairs!

And I want to paint the living room a darker tan or maybe a brown with a teal accent wall. I am not sure what tone of teal yet but something nice and sophisticated! and then the last project, downstairs at least will be to finish the bathroom floor and add a pedestal sink!!