The kitchen

The before pictures. Don't mind the mess.  Some is from packing stuff up and some is typical mess.

Looking into the kitchen from the living room. Sort of a galley kitchen, but with cabinets only on one side. Floor with be replaced with wood-laminate planks in a grey-gold colour

Built-in corner desk.  To be replaced with a non built in large desk.  The shelves behind will be going away, but I think new shelves on the wall behind the computer are being added

Old stove.  There will be a new stove with a microwave hood added.

Icky tile is being replaced with white/light coloured quartz (I think) and a thin-grouted tile back splash.  

Cabinets are going to be replaced with new shaker cabinets in grey (on the bottom) and white or light grey on the uppers (I can't remember).

Ginormous grout.  Why was this ever popular?  (The counters at my dad's house are similar, but with thinner, white grout).

There will be cabinets added on the other side of the fridge for a built in pantry.  We'll also be getting a farmhouse sink.

That cabinet will be going away, replaced with a built-in

The rolling cart the microwave will be going away, and a low counter will be put there, mostly as prep space or baking space.  It will butt up to the non-built-in (built-out?) desk.

I'm not sure what colour the walls will be yet.  Maybe white, or very pale grey.  They are "yellow" currently.  But it's such a pale yellow it's more off-white.

 If I can get the mock-up from my MiL I'll post the pictures of that too.

New kitchen

 Surprisingly, we're getting a new kitchen. Cabinets, counter, desk, microwave and stove, lights and flooring. Our dishwasher and fridge are newer, so they stay. 

Our kitchen is in the neighbourhood of 50 years old. Dark wood cabinets, whitish-yellowish tile counters with HUGE grout lines, and lights that look like they're from an office (those long fluorescent ones in a body case).

We originally mentioned to the landlords/Aaron's parents we were thinking of painting the cabinets, and maybe trying to find an overlay for the terrible counter. Then they start talking about real upgrades. I sort of blew it off, because they'd talked about it before, and nothing happened. But, lo and behold, contractors came, money was paid (not by us), and a date is set. We have to have everything out of it by Saturday. We've started, but it is a much more daunting task than I realized.

The current plan is to move the fridge and microwave into the living room, and make a small make shift kitchen in there. We have the garage for storage, but the main way in is through the kitchen; which might be difficult based on the stage of the remodel. 

It's giving me a lot of anxiety. And Bertram is dead set against it, because change.

I was going to add pictures, but I'm typing from my phone, and they option  doesn't see to be there. 🤷🏻‍♀️