Jun. 11, 2009 - ~Renovation details....
*Adhesive I installed yesterday giving the glass cabinet a little umph since I'm going with plain walls and the 'clean/uncluttered' look.
For quite a while now we've been discussing renovations to the house. We have a small kitchen but a nice sized dining room. Years have went by and we've contemplated one thought after another. Long story short....... here's the plan (and I *WILL* share costs involved for those that want the particulars). This way we can all learn and compare notes and you have no fear of me thinking you're rude for asking..... although some may think it rude to share.
We'll utilize our extra space in the dining room, making up for the loss of space in the kitchen. I've got a lot of dishes that I don't want to part with. These are dishes that have been in our family, or dishes bestowed on to the girls for their future. They need a home, but I don't want the clutter!
So all of the dishes will no longer be in the kitchen. They'll be in the dining room close to the table. That's step #1 and one we just completed, along with taking down the wall paper and putting up a fresh coat of paint. Check.
Now step #2 should.....hopefully.....Lord willing be completed this weekend. We've decided on stainless steel shelving for the upper cabinets over the sink area. Stainless steele shelving should give us more room and creativity in the kitchen. You can sit items on top of the shelves, hang items from the shelves, and/or purchase really neat attachments to help organize.
We could easily replace the counter top with the 100.00 per 10 feet formica and were seriously considering that. But we've decided to do the italian tile ourselves which will cost roughly 200.00 for the counter tops (we've already purchased all the tile for about 80.00). I really think the italian tile design will look shmashing with the stainless steele and medium grain wood on the bottom. And the shelve will help 'open up' my small kitchen without purchasing those beautiful....fancy.....glass door cabinets that I love. And we have a few cabinets on that side that get used ALOT. Suffice to say they'll hold up better with all the cooking we do and all the little helpers we have. Not to mention the shelving costs roughly $126.00 for the entire wall! See ikea.com for the kitchen shelving.
Step #3 we hope will quite easily come on the heels of step #2 and they'll be no step #2a, #2b, and so on...... Lord bless us
The plans for step#3 are to replace the bottom cabinet and sink as well as create a beautiful italian tile design on top of the countertop. We've already purchased one big cabinet that we got on sale at Lowes and will head back to get the other cabinet on sale as well. I don't have the exact numbers on hand but the cabinets cost less than 300.00 for that side.
Step#4, #5, and so on will be focused on the other side of the kitchen which SHOULD (Lord willing) require far less work, but we will have to purchase a few small cabinets on that side as well.
*The side table in the dining room. Home of the every day dishes where little hands can help set the table. We still have trim work to do, so please ignore that 
And I'm hoping to find a shallow rectangular basket for our coffee cups. Little by little.....bit by bit.
For quite a while now we've been discussing renovations to the house. We have a small kitchen but a nice sized dining room. Years have went by and we've contemplated one thought after another. Long story short....... here's the plan (and I *WILL* share costs involved for those that want the particulars). This way we can all learn and compare notes and you have no fear of me thinking you're rude for asking..... although some may think it rude to share.
We'll utilize our extra space in the dining room, making up for the loss of space in the kitchen. I've got a lot of dishes that I don't want to part with. These are dishes that have been in our family, or dishes bestowed on to the girls for their future. They need a home, but I don't want the clutter!
So all of the dishes will no longer be in the kitchen. They'll be in the dining room close to the table. That's step #1 and one we just completed, along with taking down the wall paper and putting up a fresh coat of paint. Check.
Now step #2 should.....hopefully.....Lord willing be completed this weekend. We've decided on stainless steel shelving for the upper cabinets over the sink area. Stainless steele shelving should give us more room and creativity in the kitchen. You can sit items on top of the shelves, hang items from the shelves, and/or purchase really neat attachments to help organize.
We could easily replace the counter top with the 100.00 per 10 feet formica and were seriously considering that. But we've decided to do the italian tile ourselves which will cost roughly 200.00 for the counter tops (we've already purchased all the tile for about 80.00). I really think the italian tile design will look shmashing with the stainless steele and medium grain wood on the bottom. And the shelve will help 'open up' my small kitchen without purchasing those beautiful....fancy.....glass door cabinets that I love. And we have a few cabinets on that side that get used ALOT. Suffice to say they'll hold up better with all the cooking we do and all the little helpers we have. Not to mention the shelving costs roughly $126.00 for the entire wall! See ikea.com for the kitchen shelving.
Step #3 we hope will quite easily come on the heels of step #2 and they'll be no step #2a, #2b, and so on...... Lord bless us
The plans for step#3 are to replace the bottom cabinet and sink as well as create a beautiful italian tile design on top of the countertop. We've already purchased one big cabinet that we got on sale at Lowes and will head back to get the other cabinet on sale as well. I don't have the exact numbers on hand but the cabinets cost less than 300.00 for that side.
Step#4, #5, and so on will be focused on the other side of the kitchen which SHOULD (Lord willing) require far less work, but we will have to purchase a few small cabinets on that side as well.
*The side table in the dining room. Home of the every day dishes where little hands can help set the table. We still have trim work to do, so please ignore that And I'm hoping to find a shallow rectangular basket for our coffee cups. Little by little.....bit by bit.
