Demolition and remolition

Before — This is our kitchen all emptied out and waiting for the demolition:

During — This is what we came home to after Thanksgiving in NYC (from the same corner):

The construction guys have made really good progress so far, but you’ll have to wait a little longer for “After” pictures. Everything is [...]

The dishwasher comes today

I know it won’t be installed for another couple (painful and dusty) months, but I can’t help but get excited about this little development. When we first decided to live together in SF, we had “dishwasher” on our must-list. But we found a charming little apartment in Cole Valley that had everything else [...]

And away we go!

Yesterday, I met with the kitchen designer at EcoHome to get started. By 4:30 she was crawling around our kitchen taking measurements. She gave us this handy reference book as a thank you gift.
At 5:00, our family hit the Home Depot Expo as a big outing in order to find out if we [...]