Before Kitchen Flooring

Jenny the dog demonstrating the effectiveness of the dog/baby gate. 

We painted the floors of the downstairs, except the kitchen because that floor was scheduled to come within a week of moving back in.  Behind Tim you can see the pot rack, pendant lights and speaker wires hanging from the ceiling. The pot rack will be above the stove top in the kitchen island. 

To the left you can see the make-shift half door Tim built so that Attison doesn't go down in the basement.  The door has been ordered but will take a few weeks to come in. 

Here is our temporary kitchen/laundry/bar sink set up.  There will be cabinets along the wall under the window and an 18" bar sink in the counter where the laundry sink currently is.  This area will serve as a "coffee bar."  The sink for that area is probably a little overkill, which I didn't realize until it arrived and I opened it and realized just how big an 18" sink actually is. The price was right though, so we're going to go with it.
Also, you can see Tim's cup hanging from the pot rack.

A loves to wander around the big, open layout!