Some of you may know that over the summer my husband and I moved our growing family from our tiny condo into a larger home. The house needed a lot of work, and the kitchen was no exception.  We redid the kitchen on HGTV's Professional Grade - and finally I can share pictures of the finished product!   I love it!

It was so much fun redoing the kitchen on the show.  Basically, on Professional Grade homeowners tackle on a room renovation themselves.  They try to achieve professional results on a limited budget.   A team of contractors judges your finished work and if you can get them to think that your spent more money than your actual out-of-pocket cost, you WIN the difference! This was perfect for us!  We wanted a beautiful space for our family to prepare meals and to gather with family and friends, but we wanted to do so on a budget.   The first blog on this remodel can be found here.

It was a lot of work!  Honestly, more work than either of us anticipated.  We got off to a great start, but then our progress was interrupted by a break-in with vandalism and an unexpected business trip for my husband to China.   Juggling the remodel with 4 kids was not easy, since we were doing most ofthe work, but we are so happy that we took on this project.   The space is just what we wanted...

Tune in to HGTV's Professional Grade to watch the episode!  It will air this Sunday January 29th at 7:30 a.m., PST. I'll post more pictures  soon in another blog.  Here's the episode guide's description from HGTV.

Host Matt Blashaw challenges a married couple, Dan and Coco Peate to remodel the ruined kitchen of their newly-purchased home like the pros for a chance to win cash. Matt and guest judge, general contractor Dawn Howard, will inspect the new space and estimate it's cost. If their estimate is more than what Dan and Coco actually spent, the Peates win the difference in cash!! Dan and Coco just bought a home in foreclosure, and are renovating the entire house. They need to move in quickly because they're living in an 1100 square foot condo with their four kids! Neither of them has really renovated in the past. Dan has been around construction projects, but hasn't really done the heavy lifting. Coco has done some light design work around the house, but nothing like a kitchen remodel - and Coco is meticulous about details, and having things a certain way. Do they have enough know-how to make due, especially when they encounter ancient wiring, mold, and a home invasion?