We recently found out that we did not get the job in Chico so we have begun a full kitchen remodel since we may be living here for awhile. The plan was to do just a few things like new flooring and countertops but then we decided to do it all. Joshua has done 100% of the work with the exception of my dad coming over to do the wiring and plumbing.
The plan is to close the old door way off that made it so you have to walk around the corner into the dining room. We opened up the wall that we put the pass through in earlier this year. That is the new door way. By doing this the kitchen became very long and narrow but there is nothing that could be done about that. The measurements of the kitchen are 18' by 7.5'. Why they couldn't make it a few feet wider is beyond me. Very ackward space to deal with. So the new plan has the kitchen sink moved under a new window at one end of the kitchen. The window was 2'x3' and is now 4'x3'. From that the cabinets will wrap around our very long wall and the stove and fridge will be there along with the pantry. On the opposite wall we replace the old door that was extremely drafty with a new glass door. We will be adding a small buffet/china cabinet but it will only be 13" deep since our kitchen is so narrow.
We picked out the tile for the counters tonight and are undecided on what to do for the floors yet. It will either be tile or vinyl. For the backsplash I will have a 6" tile then bead board that will go under the cabinets and then all over the wall were the sink is. We discovered that our current fan lights will not work, which I will dearly miss come the middle of summer, and we will be replacing those with something else. The colors will be white cabinets, tan/gold tile, sage/olive green bead board and yellow walls like the rest of the house. Hopefully it will look good together. Our cabinets are from IKEA and have a modern country feel to them.
So here are a few before and middle pictures
This is the door way that we close off. It will now be my new pantry. We opened up the wall behind the fridge because that is where the dining room is.
My sink will be where the dishwasher is. There are old hookups for the washing machine there and I think they dried their clothes outside on the clothes line. That little window is the one that we replaced with a bigger one.
This is Josh working on the window. He did both this and the door in about 20 degrees and with snow on the ground.
Our new door. Isn't it pretty? Plus you can kind of see the new entrance to the kitchen from the dining room.
What would we do with out my dad, the man who can do anything!
There were 3 layers of flooring including some gold sparkly stuff!
My new window and sink location.
The uppers have been removed and Josh is prepping the walls for bead board. The cabinets on the left side are about like they will be. The cabinet on the right side is too deep and will be about 13" instead of the normal 24". It will be our new coffee bar as well as my "china cabinet" above.
That is all that I have for now. Joshua is tearing through this project given that we started about 2nd week of January and we will be hanging cabinets next week and putting on counters. I will have more pictures soon.
Pretty amazing transformation! Good thing you are so tiny - you wont have any problems turning around in your kitchen! I am looking forward to photos part 2. By the by, did I see a small child with a tool belt helping Daddy?
It must be so cool to be in a new kitchen. :) Like the bathroom, it turned out so nice. I am so sad to hear the job didn't work out. But obviously God has a better plan.
My favorite pic is the one with Cameron. It is the only place I would expect to see him, right next to his daddy helping. :)
Our home is always full of surprises! We have just bought a fixer upper and we are always seem to be tearing into a new project. We love being home with our children and having them enjoy every new adventure with us. We are 2nd generation homeschoolers and it is a joy to contuine the journey of homeschooling with our children that our parents started with us. Hope you enjoy our blog about our home and family!
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