Before and After of the Kitchen. This is exciting.

 Every day we are just a little closer. But the kitchen feels good. Very good.

We are waiting for some glass work (diffusers for the overhead light and a glass front for the cabinet) and some undercounter lighting, but otherwise almost done.

Take a look! And scroll down to the end for some bonus material with Melvin and his Guests. 

These images should be self explanatory, so I will not be making many comments

We've been cooking in the kitchen, and it is fantastic. Now, I had done some workflow studies before the kitchen was finished, and came up with some paths and collision points:

My path is in red, Doreen's is in blue. This is mostly accurate, except that Doreen doesn't conform to her path on the right side of the island to the refrigerator. So that causes a little bit of inefficiency.

But we are still able to bake bread like this:

Steam oven on the left, conventional on the right

so it is a good place to be. 

A few before and after photos of the second floor.

 So! We took control of the second floor this week. That is quite a step. We are still missing some things (most notably, the mirrors in the primary bathroom, and some touch up work) but we are really quite pleased. 

I put together a Google Photo album with some of the photos of what we have done. You can see that here.

But because I know few people enjoy clicking through, here are some of them:

That's the small guest bath - known as Bath 201

Same

Maid's room bath. Known as Bath 209

Bath 209 again

Office

Another view of the office

Parlor. As you can imagine, we will be replacing the furniture. And probably getting some rugs. It is very echo-y in the house right now.

Another view of the Parlor.

Guest Bedroom (Maid's room)

Twin Bedroom.