Some kitchen accessories!

We've had a functional kitchen for a while -- but we finally got around to accessorizing!  Isaac installed the ikea shelves (don't they look great) and hung the pictures.  I selected the frames and pics -- he styled the shelves :}  And the pot filler is done!  It's been finished for a while.  We're still missing a backsplash ... but it will come in time.  I hope :}  We still have some work to do before we show off the other side of the kitchen.

The basement!

We did a lotta thinking and pre-planning in ikea --- and since this is the second kitchen that we had installed .... we're getting better at ikea hacks to their products that make better use of the space.  For this galley kitchen, we used upper cupboards as lower cupboards on the right-hand side so that we'd have usable counterspace - yet not take up too much kitchen.  We're really happy with the finished product!  We really love the amount of light that the basement gets -- and we made the window bigger to accomplish it.  The flooring is ikea ... we installed it ourselves.  We should have taken some pictures of the bathroom -- the shower tile is killer and isaac did an AWESOME job on the floating vanity/sink combo.  But we forgot and now andrea's in. 

Before pics ...

So -- it's a bit late in the process to be posting "before pics" of the basement.  Especially since it's now done, I haven't finished recounting the story, and we already have a wicked tenant.  But i just found them.  So I'll post them now anyway.  Here they are -- ugly-ass fake wood panelling and all!!