Kitchen in stages.

Before:


During:






Today (waiting for countertops & finishing touches):

Kitchen - End of Day 8

This is how our kitchen will sit for around 10 days until:

• counter top comes in and is installed
• replacement doors (3) come in and are installed
• finishing touches put on (once the two above are done)

Pantry & fridge on the East wall.


Left corner.


Right corner.


Sink base.


Island.



(Glass for the doors will be installed once countertops are in).

Kitchen Progress - Day 7

Some photos of the kitchen taking shape.

The pantry being framed & completed.




New microwave goes in.


Contractor mounting doors.


Sink base complete.

Flag irises blooming strong.

Looking good - will be great to spread them out before next season.

Our cabinet pulls.

For those who have heard the saga of these pulls, it's nice to finally see them in. We first chose these when we were building a house, and then when we chose to end that process and buy an existing house - as soon as we knew we were re-doing the kitchen, we went on a quest for the pulls.

They're cable pulls. By Merillat. And apparently, no normal home improvement store has them or can get them - we tried Home Depot, Lowe's, Great Indoors... no luck. After a search online, Brian found them through the Merillat store.

We ordered our 40 pulls almost immediately - to ensure they were here when the cabinets arrived. About 3 weeks later, still no pulls. I called them and they said their courier tried to deliver them to my office - at 4:15 am. Of course, no one was there. (This was over 10 days prior to my call). So they took them to one of their dealers in Aurora - and there they sat.

After my call, they had them UPS'd (from about 5 miles away) to my office the next day - still in plenty of time for the kitchen redo.

Thankfully, after a few ups and downs - they look great.





They do look a little dark here because of the flash - they're really a nice brushed aluminum cable. Easy to pull. Nice to look at.

End of Day 6

And here's where we ended up today - looks like 2 more days and we'll be done except for countertops/sink/dishwasher.

New pantry is framed out.


Bottom cabinets have most doors & pulls on.








Shot of the full kitchen from the dining room (note the new microwave is in - though they didn't vent it out the top, so they'll likely have to redo it).



As always, more pics if you click here or click through to the photo album.

Kitchen Day 6 - In Progress

Here are images from today in progress (Day 5, for those counting, was electrical. Then we took a day off).

The old pantry being torn apart.


Last corner cabinet going in.


Doors & drawers go in.