Soul Kitchen

This is how our kitchen used to look. Nice, right?









So who in their right mind would turn it into this?






I don't care how much of a seasoned home renovation-esque person you are or how much time you've spent at Home Depot. Nothing prepares you for this. It's truly shocking.

The Basement Tapes

Ohh, now tell me where can you party, child, all night long?
In the basement, down in the basement, yeah.
Oh where can you go when your money gets low?
In the basement, whoa down in the basement
And if a storm is taking place, you can jam and still be safe
In the basement, down in the basement, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah -- Etta James

The new basement space is on its way! No more scary dropped ceiling tiles falling on our heads! Usable space with eight-foot ceilings! A cleaner, brighter basement with a spankin' new laundry room and more space for the kids to play and extra guest space and...

It's just cement blocks and a poured concete floor, I know. But it's all ours. And I'm a little bit excited about it.