Kitchen Remodel: Update

I am excited that the kitchen is now pretty much completed! There are lots of decorative things I need to do but the actual remodel is over!! I can’t tell you how great it is not to have workmen at the house every morning. I’m not ready to show everything yet but the range area has just been complete so here’s a sneak peek.

(RIGHT): This is how the kitchen looked when we bought the house less than two years ago. Lots of blue/pink wallpaper, hickory cabinets,vinyl flooring that showed ground-in dirt that I couldn’t remove, and a completely disfunctional island with a “lovely” off white countertop and beveled blue edging. The popcorn ceiling really made me wince.

The wall oven died this past Thanksgiving. A year before that, a part had broken and couldn’t be replaced so we had to go to the basement and turn it off and on from the breaker box if I wanted to use it. Because we wanted a free standing range and not another wall oven, we didn’t want to replace the oven until we were ready to remodel.

(BELOW) is how this space now looks after getting its extreme makeover. I really love the way that everything turned out!

The tile is a honed Carrera marble which is the same material we used on the island. Goodbye popcorn texture ceiling. The planking is a neat system from Armstrong. I just love that planked ceiling look and the faux beams add wonderful depth and dimension to the ceiling.

 Because storage space is always at a premium in kitchens, I tried to squeeze storage space out of any area I could. So, the posts along the side of the range are full extension drawers and we also have pullouts for spices on either side of the cooktop as seen in these pics:

In our “before” kitchen our spice cabinet was a nightmare. There was not enough room for everything we had and I’d have to rifle through spices looking for what I wanted.  That I’m only 5′2″ made the matter worse since I could only see items on the first shelf. Now that’s not a problem. I have more than enough space which someone who is vertically challenged like me can reach!

One last area where we sneaked in some storage was the toe kicks under the lower drawers and cabinets! Again, because I’m short, I felt it was best to use the space down there as opposed to the space above the upper cabinets. I really hate having to get out a stool to reach things so most of our storage is low – it will be less dangerous for us to reach in our golden years with no worrying about falling off a stool.

I have seven of these toe kick drawers – some of them even larger than this one. I have been able to store all my serving trays and season plates and bowls in them. AMAZING!

I used three different types of pulls/knobs/handles on the cabinets. You see two of them in this picture. I used crystal knobs on the smaller, specialty drawers. On larger drawers and cabinets, I used old-fashioned window sash pulls from Ace hardware. On the upper cabinets, I used ice chest latches (not pictured).

So, that’s a sneak peak at the progress on the kitchen remodel. Hope you’ll check back soon for more updates, ideas and inspirations!

Have a great Monday!

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