Well, it’s official…the kitchen is ready for action!  Over the last 2+ weeks, we’ve been busting our butts to tear-out and remodel our kitchen and make it mold-free and livable (we’ll do our Broadway-style remodel a few years from now when we have the $ saved).  And as of yesterday afternoon, we’ve succeeded in not only getting a functional kitchen, but a pretty aesthetic one too!  We were able to salvage all of our old cabinets (minus the ones with mold damage), and add-in two new Home Depot ones.  We filled-in our appliances with ones found on Craigslist, and topped it off with custom particle board countertops!  We originally wanted to do laminate countertops, but with the new exposed brick wall, we had to deal with a custom depth, which meant lots of $$ and a long time to wait.  So our last minute, 11:30 pm audible was to stain the particle board and clear coat it to keep the water out.  So…for less than $100, we now have some pretty neat looking countertops!  All in all, not a bad lookin’ kitchen for the first cut!