On the other hand

The kitchen looks like this:

John is demo-ing the old cabinets. We had them painted but he still doesn’t like them.

Ideally, we would have installed the cabinets before the countertop, but that’s how it goes when the project keeps changing. They better not mess up that new countertop, it was expensive.

He likes these rustic style cabinets. Here’s how one looks with the new countertop (it’s not installed, it’s just set there for color comparison). I picture the countertop as a brownish color, but it definitely looks grayer compared to the cabinets.

I don’t have much of an opinion myself at this point. The wood floors are fabulous, the brick will be great when it’s in, and anyway, I’m working on buying a house in Santa Fe. And I start my new job in a week!

I’m really happy John has taken over this project.