I don’t assume this publish goes to propel me into creating a house design part of my weblog. Not due to the outcomes of the renovation (as a result of these are lovely!), however as a result of I don’t seize it in a method that does it justice. I’ll stick to meals photos as a result of I ought to have taken higher photos with the actual digicam as a substitute of snaps on my iPhone. Comfort reigned supreme although, and right here we’re.
I guess you possibly can nonetheless get a good suggestion of the distinction this renovation made. The kitchen felt prefer it doubled in measurement. The island is AMAZING. The equipment storage is so useful. And I actually love underneath cupboard lighting. Let’s dive in! First, a have a look at our earlier than:
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There was by no means something flawed with our kitchen. It functioned properly for us for over a decade, however there have been little indicators that an improve could be good. Our cupboards had been peeling. The island had a humorous form and I typically want it had been only a bit larger. Issues like that. So we determined if we had been going to do some enhancements, it made essentially the most sense in our state of affairs to do a whole overhaul.
The plan was a complete intestine and renovation of the kitchen together with: new cupboards, changing the desk space with a big equipment storage, new vary with hood, changing the island and lengthening it into the eat in space to supply seating, and to carry the wall above the ovens to the ceiling.
I do know it sounds foolish as a result of that’s an in depth record, however I actually believed everybody once they stated it might be a 2-3 week course of. Foolish, naive little me. However I felt we had completed the precursory work. We had the plans drawn, the cupboards ordered, and the contractors lined up. We employed two guys from our neighborhood to do the demo, so I moved all the pieces from the kitchen cupboards into the eating room (whew- that was a feat), and we received to it.
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Issues started rapidly: demo was quick and even the dry wall to take the wall above the ovens to the ceiling moved alongside rapidly. Then all the pieces slowed down and there was loads of blame to go round. We didn’t assume to maneuver {the electrical} shops till after that they had patched the drywall, so we needed to reduce into it once more to relocate them. We determined to flatten the odd angle within the ceiling and needed to name the crew again out. Our cupboard folks mismeasured one cupboard and it needed to be reordered. Then they forgot to order doorways to the equipment storage which was one other few week delay. So on and so forth.
I’m certain if you happen to’ve completed renovations earlier than, this isn’t shocking, however for me, having the house I normally spend most of my day in be nonfunctional for an prolonged time frame received to be fairly irritating. We made do although. I used my On the spot Dutch Oven for nearly each meal. We used paper plates when wanted. We ate merely. We made it work and slowly we began to see progress.
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And at last, about 4 months after we kicked issues off, the kitchen was COMPLETE! It was truthfully biting off much more than we initially thought, however it was price it. The renovation primarily doubled the scale of the kitchen. It made it really feel like a extra cohesive house and provided much more storage, having the equipment storage as a substitute of the desk space that inevitably ended up as a junk drop zone.
Drum roll please…
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Kitchen Renovation Superlatives
Largest ache: having to restore drywall greater than as soon as as a result of we forgot to maneuver the shops the primary time, then moved the lights- a number of building mud!
Largest shock: I actually thought it might be a 2-3 week undertaking. It was 4 months stated and completed.
Favourite upgrades: double pull out trashcans, smooth shut cupboards and drawers, undercabinet lighting, the HUGE island house, equipment storage cupboard space and hidden espresso maker, hidden shops, workstation sink with the grate on the backside
Kitchen Renovation Specifics
If I missed something that may be useful, please let me know within the feedback. Completely happy to share! 🙂