I promise to write a post soon that isn’t an update on a construction project. But we are pretty excited about the transformation of our kitchen that just was completed yesterday…

Below is a picture of our kitchen from the marketing website before we bought the place. As you can see there are appliances and granite countertops, all of which is a part of the concrete structure. The concrete part is typical of Mexican kitchen construction, although most Mexican kitchens are probably tiled.

We asked our carpenter to construct cabinets out of cedar and to match the stain to the existing woodwork. We discussed the layout of drawers and cabinets and he told us he’d have them ready in 10 days. Well, three weeks later here they were on day one of the installation:

The installation crew was very talented and one of them, James, is pictured above from the rear. (sorry, James) James has a bit of English and was quite a comic. He is convinced that I am an artist that he saw on television. Anyway, they use many electric tools but the huge curls of wood on the floor are from all the hand planing they did in order to make everything fit just right.

The next three pictures are the cabinets complete, and we have put everything away! What a great feeling! The only remaining thing is to paint the kitchen, replace the fan, and paint the concrete base that still shows under the cabinets. Oh, and install the tile mural above the stove, too.

We think it is so beautiful! And the doors are probably an inch thick! It even smells more Mexican – something about the finish they use, I think.

Sundays are wonderful here because no one is working on the courtyard. It is quiet, we can clean up a bit, play music, and be more relaxed. Now that we have our new cabinets though I will be even more anxious for the courtyard work to be done….because of the amount of dust that it generates. And with the kitchen open to the sala fresca, there’s nothing we can do about it.

Below is a picture shot from the kitchen into the sala fresca with the courtyard on the right. So I can predict our kitchen will be all dusty and need cleaning next week and on and on until the courtyard is finished, sometime before Christmas.