We're done! For now.

December 20th marked the final day of work on our kitchen by our contractor. This is as much of a miracle as the rescuing of the Chilean miners and the delivery of Chirstmas gifts by baby Jesus (in Colombia, gifts are delivered by baby Jesus, not Santa).

We are still planning to put in a glass tile backsplash in the next month, so the "after" pictures are still on their way.

The updates on the final day included adding a cabinet panel to the front of the dishwasher, installing the dishwasher and disposal as well as the faucet. We also installed three paper lanterns above the island, but we're not planning to keep these for too long (we just haven't found anything we love). We are really happy with the way that everything has turned out, and we can't think of anything we would have done differently (with the same budget). Hopefully we will still feel this way when the tile is in!