In order to get my house ready for sale, (a sad by-product of losing my job) I had to go through a process that many adults must go through at least once in life...a horrifying experience known as The Total Kitchen Remodel.
For the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I lived -- with ALL of my belongings, a 110lb dog and a parrot -- in ONE ROOM!!! Yes, I was hermetically sealed with plastic sheeting over the doors into my living room. Oh, except for the days that I had to move the parrot upstairs into my bedroom and block off the door with towels so he wouldn't die from the toxic chemicals. Only, he didn't WANT to go upstairs, so he took LARGE hunks of skin into his beak whenever I moved him.
Then, there was the issue of meals. I had no kitchen or appliances, so I had to order out every day, three times a day. I got it down to two meals a day - since Triple Venti Sugar Free Vanilla Latte from Starbucks is now offically a food group!!! Not to mention the fact that having to order out every meal is SUPER expensive...oh, and did I mention I have no job?
After all of this, the plastic came down and...TaDaaaaaaa! I have a beautiful new kitchen! (Well, I have it til I sell it) And here it is! The hideous brown tile and fake wood laminate is the "before" kitchen...

Kitchen Slideshow