French doors and windows!

Well, yesterday was a big day. Actually, it was a very big weekend. On Saturday, Jeff completed the framing for the windows in the dining area but ran out of daylight and didn't get to install the windows. Yesterday, he knocked out the wall where our french doors would go. As you'll see in the pictures below, we had no walls whatsoever on one side of our kitchen and dining room! I'm sure our neighbors enjoyed the show, lol. It was crazy but a lot was accomplished. Norm, our very multi-talented friend [size=9](he's a hairdresser, he can sew, AND he's a great carpenter!) [/size]came and helped Jeff get the doors installed. It was a big job and took quite a while. Norm's wife, my good friend and the mother of the the girls' best friends, brought over some BBQ and salad and potato salad [size=10](she is amazing too!) [/size]later in the day and it was so nice...the kids running around outside having a blast, us enjoying all the craziness while trying to keep the [b]six [/b]kids from stepping on nails, and of course the guys working on the doors. I wish I would have taken pictures of everyone... But it was a day to remember, that's for sure!

Below are some pictures of our progress so far. The doors are in and the windows will be installed this afternoon [size=9](it may rain tomorrow, and having the windows before then may be a good thing)[/size]. You'll see how the inside and outside looked before everything was ripped out and then you'll see how they currently look. I took a picture of the dining area this morning so that you can see just how much light comes in now, and the light you see is diffused because of the plastic we have up. I am *thrilled* to wake up to and to come home to a cheery kitchen.

So the windows and doors are our first kitchen project. I'm not exactly sure what is next. Probably the countertops and sink, plastering the walls, and then the floors, followed by the lighting. I'm dreading the floors because we're going to be staining them ourselves, and that process will take awhile. We'll have to move the appliances and furniture to the living room!

So here are the photos. I love the photo of the girls having lunch in our wall-less dining room, hehe.
















Great job, Jeff and Norm!!!!