Back in July we started on our long term kitchen reno. It involved opening up a walkway from the old computer room to the kitchen, then a wall being taken down, a patio door to be installed, a finished patio, new kitchen cabinets, closing up windows and doors, moving appliances, new counters, etc etc.
Our first step was creating an opening where the fridge used to be. Here is the kitchen when we moved in, and the computer room on the other side.
And the kitchen right before opening it up after we moved the fridge out of the way.
And the computer room
After the opening
On the other side, the window and door were taken out
Meanwhile, Charlie was busy doing this..
Eventually, the openings got patched up
Which proved to us how much our natural light was cut down in the new kitchen with pass-through to the new “dining room….”even WITH the new patio door letting some good light in.
So, we decided to take down the wall between the rooms.
Down the cabinets came.
So, with the window all patched up, we were ready to put up some cabinets.
With our project manager keeping close eye..
We had a contractor install the patio door, take the rest of the wall down, skim coat in the new dining room, and close up the window and door. Because were doing the rest of it ourselves, were going with IKEA cabinets for the affordability and customer satisfaction.
Present day: the walls are primed, painted, and ready for the board and batten wainscoting and crown molding we will put up, and we have just a few wall cab’s (we buy and put up a cabinet or two each month).
next on the list: moving gas line for the stove to the other wall (there will be a peninsula where the stove is now), running plumbing to the other wall for the dishwasher, adding lighting and outlets, new sink and faucet, new countertops and tile backsplash, add floating shelves.
when its all said and done we will have more than doubled our counter space and cabinet space, I cant wait! But for now, we live in limbo.
