Construction again!

Last weekend we scrunched up all the stuff in the kitchen to make room for the construction that will occur over the next 10 days, getting ready for the opening of the Dessert Bar. That means soon I get to engage in one of my favorite activities, kitchen organization! Right now the kitchen is a little tight, though, since one whole side is plasticked off:

So far this round of renovations has been much more fun than the original build-out for Generous Servings. The Apres side of the building is mostly empty during the construction, so here is the "before" picture:

We have already snuck in at night with some of our new lights and decorations and held them up in the room so we can imagine how it's going to look. Jill and Travis and I are really happy with the preliminary look: what has been purely imaginary for months now is starting to take real shape, and we like it.

While we're waiting on the construction, we have been doing a lot of shopping (and everything is in my garage again), including a trip to the restaurant supply store, in which Jill found these great hats: