Finished!

and I love the cabinets!  They look like new furniture, so yes, it was all worth it. Of course, I no longer want to cook in my kitchen; it would be awful to risk damaging the finishes, don't you think?

 Yep, Baxter has to check it out.

 

I still have cleanup and re-organizing to do, but at least the most difficult work (which was done by Juliet Jones Studio) is finished.  Juliet is great and can do everything from finishing out new construction to remodeling to faux painting to trompe l'oeil.

Best of all, from Baxter and Molly's perspectives, they have been released from imprisonment in the basement and can snoop to their hearts' content.  And walk on the counters.  And climb on top of the refrigerator.  And open the cabinets.

In other words, back to normal.