Buggy in the Background

My dad sent me this photo today of our almost completed kitchen cabinets. I know they don't look like much right now - but they will soon.

On our last project house we purchased off-the-rack cabinets at Home Depot. They were totally fine and did the job. However, when we started price checking this time we realized that for a very small amount more we could have custom, solid wood, beautiful cabinets. There was no decision to make.

My dad found an Amish man (Lester) who makes cabinets for a living. We went to his shop and selected the wood we wanted and gave him our designs (my engineer husband made incredibly detailed plans). Lester said they would be ready in a few weeks and the time is almost here.

We selected cherry wood and went with an extremely simple cabinet style. Obviously, these photos are just of the framing (not the doors, drawers, etc). In case you didn't know, cherry wood starts out very light in color and then over several months/years it turns into the dark color that most of us recognize (I only learned this in the past couple of years).

And yes, that is a buggy in the background.