Kitchen Progress....

Over the course of the last month, I have tried to document our kitchen process... It started on Valentine's Day with a complete gut, and the final pictures are where we are today....March 12th, almost one month later!

First we gutted and got a new front door. Then the wall to the dining room was opened up and a reverse tray ceiling was built down over where the island will be.  We also changed out the old front window for a smaller one and got rid of the side window...this made room for more cabinetry. All of that was done by Shawn H and Brett. Douglas started working on the recessed lights and electical items, and then put in the insulation. We lived with plastic over the doorways to try and keep the dust in the other rooms to a minimu. during all of this. Rodney put up the blue board and then plastered the walls and ceiling and then Denny installed the hardwood floor, stained and did two coats of poly (close to three dayw where we needed to be out of the house!).

George installed the cabinet bases and Douglas finished up the lights...It was then that it began to look like a kitchen! The appliances arrived next and the day after that, Roger installed the granite. I am in awe at how much cabinet space we now have and how grand the kitchen feels compared to our old one. The cabinets are so tall, that I can only reach the first and POSSIBLY second shelf - so we have already bought a big step stool!

We already have the stools for the island (after our first set were too big for our island), but we have to sand down the feet of the stools and add the pads before we can use them.

Tony came to install the faucet and hook up the sink, BUT when he went to do it, we second guessed our choice because it was too small... He will be back this week to install all of that and our fingers are crossed that the cabinet doors will be ready by next weekend. George needs to come back to finish up the shelves, toe kicks, crown molding and door.  Once all of that it done, we have to paint the trim and walls!

It is getting there!!