Purchasing our house in 2014, our 5-year plan was to redo the kitchen.  Five years turned into seven years.  The two-year process starting with the contractor search through completion was painful and long.  Once we finally found the “right” company the second time around (yes, we exited our first design contract after 8 months of working with that company), we served as our own Project Manager for the project.  We had many challenges along the way, which I intentionally am not writing about.  Similar to childbirth, best to forgot certain parts of the process so it won’t deter diving back into the journey for round two!

I’m happy with the outcome….we love our new space.  Honestly not much I would do differently.  It feels good to be able to host and want to welcome people into our home!