Wallboard!

This week the wallboard went up in the kitchen and the bathroom.  We think plastering comes next - then they'll put the floor in the kitchen, and the cabinets after that. 

Here's the kitchen:

And the bathroom:

That space on the right is for the medicine cabinet.  There is special wallboard around the shower - it's called "cement board" and it's much heavier and harder than the regular wallboard.  I'm not certain why it's used there.

Also our bathroom tile is ready to be picked up.  Here are the samples we brought home - these are approximately what we will be using.

On the right are the floor tiles - the samples are 4", but we are using 6" tiles.  Next are 3"x6" subway tiles that we will use for the walls of the shower and a 42" high half-wall the rest of the way around the bathroom.  Above the subway tile are a few rows of glass mosaic for accent, followed by another row of subway tile (not in the picture) and then the chair rail tile to finish. 

We've gone from being totally overwhelmed to really starting to believe that we will have a new kitchen and bathroom.  The building inspector signed off on it, and the rooms are starting to take shape and look like rooms.  We've purchased all the fixtures and hardware for the kitchen and bathroom, and all our appliances.  It's all for real!