The last pictures I shared were all of the demolition. Since then walls went in, and floors.
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Showing posts with label cabinets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cabinets. Show all posts
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Lighting and Cabinets and Walls, Oh My!
Lots of progress in the kitchen in the past couple of weeks! We're in the odds and ends phase now, where there is still stuff to build but all the major elements are there. The back splash can't happen until the counters are installed, there are still holes to plug and a bit of painting to do, and the last steps will be finishing the floors and installing appliances, but at least now it''s all starting to look like a kitchen again.
The last pictures I shared were all of the demolition. Since then walls went in, and floors.
The last pictures I shared were all of the demolition. Since then walls went in, and floors.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Rethinking the Kitchen
We've decided to take the plunge and remodel our kitchen.
We've been trying to figure out what to do with it for the past year or so, because it's sort of all or nothing, which is daunting. The counter tops have reached a crisis level where they are buckling, one of them is burned, and the edges are falling off to the point where if we don't keep screwing in one section with bigger and bigger screws the dishwasher falls out. Plus they are just not attractive or all that practical since they are textured.
The problem with just replacing the counters is that the layout of the kitchen is bad, and buying new counters to fit that layout sort of seals it in for a long time to come. We looked into getting all of it rearranged.
After getting some estimates last year it looked like there was no way we could afford it. Which was a shame, because now is when we use the kitchen. Now is when we have three kids all living at home, now is when we host meal-heavy holidays like Thanksgiving, now is when we are cranking out cakes for birthdays and cookies for recitals, now is when we actively use the whole kitchen all the time. We could wait until the kids are grown and gone but by then I may not care much. A new kitchen for just me and Ian would be a luxury by then, not a necessity, and there are other things I would rather spend money on.
When a new kitchen seemed out of reach I decided I was content to simply get new counters and a new sink and then work with Ian one cabinet and drawer at a time to replace all the crumbling hardware and make them work at least a little better.
But finances work in mysterious ways sometimes! Business was worse for us last year. Which ironically means we now can (just barely) afford to do the kitchen because something about not having to do estimated taxes every month something something. (This seems completely messed up to me that if we had done better last year we would have less money for such a project. I will just keep working on my violins and try not to think about that too hard.) When Ian got the final word on our taxes this year he gave me the unexpected green light on the kitchen.
New kitchen! I can barely believe it's going to happen.
So what is so wrong with our kitchen?
The problem with just replacing the counters is that the layout of the kitchen is bad, and buying new counters to fit that layout sort of seals it in for a long time to come. We looked into getting all of it rearranged.
After getting some estimates last year it looked like there was no way we could afford it. Which was a shame, because now is when we use the kitchen. Now is when we have three kids all living at home, now is when we host meal-heavy holidays like Thanksgiving, now is when we are cranking out cakes for birthdays and cookies for recitals, now is when we actively use the whole kitchen all the time. We could wait until the kids are grown and gone but by then I may not care much. A new kitchen for just me and Ian would be a luxury by then, not a necessity, and there are other things I would rather spend money on.
When a new kitchen seemed out of reach I decided I was content to simply get new counters and a new sink and then work with Ian one cabinet and drawer at a time to replace all the crumbling hardware and make them work at least a little better.
But finances work in mysterious ways sometimes! Business was worse for us last year. Which ironically means we now can (just barely) afford to do the kitchen because something about not having to do estimated taxes every month something something. (This seems completely messed up to me that if we had done better last year we would have less money for such a project. I will just keep working on my violins and try not to think about that too hard.) When Ian got the final word on our taxes this year he gave me the unexpected green light on the kitchen.
New kitchen! I can barely believe it's going to happen.
So what is so wrong with our kitchen?
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