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It has been a long time coming, but we are starting a home renovation project for my birthday. Milestones are good for something I guess!! 😂

For anyone who hasn't actually seen our house, we bought it knowing that it would need a lot of love. And we have done quite a few things over the years. Most of the projects have been for the kid's rooms. Now we are going to tackle one of the bigger eyesores: the kitchen! 

We have a kitchen that is still giving us surprises. Some highlights are: 

Stain over paint on the walls. The walls.

We had to replace a missing drawer so it is the same style, but a different stain. You can see our special drawer on the left. 

Tile countertops. And not nice tile, rather cheap bathroom tile (perhaps leftovers from the bathrooms). So gross when we got here and still hard to make really clean. 

Speaking of tile countertops, we discovered today that the backsplash is directly on the drywall, leaving an ugly mess when removed. 

So, just for fun I think I will blog about our journey, and the ups and downs we will inevitably encounter. But in the end, we should have a much improved kitchen. If only because it cannot get much worse!