another view of the kitchen 

our kitchen after it was painted ATomic tangerine 

another view of another closet 

our closets that we installed from the container store 

another inspiration from IKEA 

we like the glass doors.. 

another shot .. 

here's our inspiration for our kitchen .. as seen at Oasis kitchen design in Burlingame, CA
Don't you love that glass bar! Our layout will mimic their showroom. Our Hood ( vent a hood) will be nicer
and more powerful ( more than 90 CPM ) that what they have on display. Those glass hoods look pretty but aren't very good at sucking away fumes

our Amana frig 

we painted the wall in the dining room 

here's our Duel Fuel Thermador professional range. Thermador's parent company also owns BOSCH.

here's the kitchen after we ripped out the cabinets, stove, everything including the kitchen sink.  

60 styles cabinets... 

here's a before shot of our kitchen 

here's another shot of the living room without the wall.  

with the wall knocked down.. here's what the living room looks like. in the foreground, you see the packages of the bamboo floors along side the fireplace 

with the wall knocked down and a new light pendant 

here's a picture of our dining room, with a wall to the living room 

i honestly think that Google is truly a different company.

I have yet to see anyone go crazy with their money.

no fancy cars so far.

no one is flaunting it, for sure.

I get the sense that we still have alot to do in the world.

man.. home renovations take for ever.

After waiting 4.5 weeks for our cabinets to come in.... we find out that our cabinet dealer had problems with the manufacturer. .. and we have no cabinets

I was not happy. my contractors have been waiting 3 weeks; now they are on other job sites. Good luck trying to get them to come back.

Apparently the relationship between cabinet dealer and manufacturer soured.
damaged orders was the cause.

In any case, they wanted me to wait today to find out the new ship date.

Well what's a person to do?
I took a bad situation and used as a positive as a bargaining chip

Now with my huffing and puffing, i was able to get custom cabinets from the dealer ship which cost a little bit more and we get it all done in 2.5 - 3 weeks.