garage doors, paint, lights and granite, and a surprise

Here are the garage doors.  I know.  Super exciting.

This is just a sample of the paint colors.  The trim is dark with the walls a lighter color.  I love it.  It looks very classy.  

Here's a picture of the kitchen with the granite installed and the pendants above the bar.  Yes, that's a big bar.  I figure it will seat at least eight people.  If we put the leaves in the dining room table (all the while grateful for a dining room big enough to put leaves in the table), we can seat ten there.  So you see, we really are expecting you to come visit.  

This is a picture of the shelving unit Jared built in the laundry room.  I was at the house on my birthday, working on the mosaic, and when I went to talk to him about something, he was building this!  He didn't even know it was my birthday.  Nor did he know it would be exactly what I wanted.  Well, he's probably figured that out by now.  So here it is, and I am so excited because my family will no longer have any excuse for leaving their stuff scattered all around.  This is the place to hold it all!