Here's another view of the old kitchen, featuring the bar that was almost a deal breaker for my husband Josh, when we were first considering the house. He hated this bar more than any man should hate an inanimate object. No one could accuse him of not being passionate about design. The new peninsula, as I have recently learned to call these semi-islands, will be counter height rather than bar height, and hopefully made out of some of the wood we've salvaged from the house.

Here's what the same angle looked like on Saturday:

Windows are in place of the old door, and there are stairs where before there were none. Supposedly this is going to look like a real kitchen in a month's time... we'll see.

Lastly, here's the dining room back in the day:

This picture brings back memories of that great hanging light by Scrapile, purchased at our favorite design store in the 'hood: The Future Perfect. I expect to be doing quite a bit of shopping there when the time finally comes to buy things other than front door hardware. Plus you can see the old staircase on the far right.

Here's that same view, again from this past Saturday:

Basically the whole wall that you see in front will be glass-- French doors flanked by two large windows. Right now you can enjoy the planks that are nailed in place to help keep intruders out while we wait for the replacement doors to arrive. (Our first set were stolen off the hinges, or more accurately, with the hinges, if you haven't been following...) This is supposedly happening in the next week or so. It's more than I can hope for, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.