This week was pretty slow in the kitchen renovation / main floor remodel progress but we expected that as the cabinets are still in production. I need to enjoy the break in busy-ness as I was thinking today about all the steps to be done to completion and I realized that June is going to be a CRAZY BUSY month. The contractor hopes to be done this renovation by the end of June so that means cabinet installation, walnut floor sand and finish, paint, counter tops, backsplash, appliance installation, lighting installation and all trim needs to be done. Yikesa!
Speaking of trim....we hit our first snafu this week. The carpenter arrived to install our window and door trim but unfortunately it was done incorrectly. He installed the 3" trim with a standard mitered corner. Unfortunately, the design that our designer and I discussed didn't make it to all involved parties. Whoops. When I got home that day at lunch time I called Mark, our PM and told him what happened. Within a few minutes he called me back and told me not to worry and it was going to be taken care of. Thank Goodness for Mark. He makes everything right.
The trim is actually supposed to be a 4" board on top that is 3/4" thick with sides that are 3" wide and 1/2" thick and a bottom piece that is 3" wide and 3/4" thick. The design is to go with the shaker style look of the kitchen. It's going to look great! And yes, I feel bad that it's wasteful to put all this new trim into the garbage bin along with the trim that was already ripped off. I do feel bad....but not bad enough to leave it.
Since I don't have much to show you this week I thought I'd share a few shots of our final drawings. {{I am hoping you can click on these to enlarge them}}. This will give you a basic idea of what our brand new kitchen will look like. If you have any questions just ask!!
First up is an over view of the kitchen layout. Cabinets on either side of the kitchen and the 10' x 4' island down the centre. Did I mention before that the island is being painted the most amazing GREEN? Yep, it is. Call me crazy but I love it!
Below is the wall that has the opening down to the family room. It's all cabinets and drawers. The uppers will be glass doors (to display my {small but loved} Fire King Jadeite collection). I am so excited to have more storage. Maybe I can now bring my small kitchen appliances up from the basement and let them actually live in the kitchen. What a novel idea!
This next drawing is of the wall which the window was removed from. Can you see why that window had to go bye-bye? On the very left is a pull out 12" pantry that will be great for spices and small items (and to allow for the fridge door to swing open). Then the fridge, pots and pans drawers and my amazing new gas oven~~ a 30" Prof. Dual Fuel Range RDT-305-N by Fisher Paykel. We love this range and love that we got a great deal on it too. It was regular $5999.00 but we got $1000 off from an awesome salesman at The Bay (thanks to Steph for the referral). Seriously, if you live in Calgary and you every need to shop for appliances or furnishings....you have to contact me for his info. It's way more of a range than we will likely ever need but we love the "pro-style" look and decided to go for it since we went to the extent of having the gas line installed anyway.
This is the kitchen island where my dishwasher, sink and microwave will live. I love that every bit of this kitchen is used for storage if at all possible. The other side of the island has touch latch doors that open to 12" storage shelves the whole way across. I have open shelving on one end for my Le Creuset cast iron babies and closed shelving on the other end.
I have been obsessed with looking for blogs with kitchen renovations and just found a new one! You HAVE to check it out. She's just at the demo stage so you can follow her along like I am but be sure to go back several posts to read about her marble, backsplash and handles. She's putting 9 (or is it 10 now Sabjimata??) handles on her cupboards. This girl is going to have the coolest kitchen. I am just a little bit jealous that I am on the safe side in comparison~~~I only have 2 different handles. LOL. Check it out HERE.
I wanted to share one more thing. My favorite find from garage saleing last weekend! These are so cute and I paid $1. Score! From what I have found out is that they are coasters. Boy, they must have made glasses pretty small way back when as no glasses I own would fit in these. They will find a happy home in my kitchen even if they don't serve a duty.
Do you enjoy garage saleing or is it just not for you? I love it and I am so happy that my wonderful friend Steph enjoys it too. Ever since my mom moved 6 hours away I haven't been out. But not this summer. Steph and I are already obsessed with finding some thrifty deals! I think we could both be diagnosed with having hoarding tendencies. Haha. {{I shouldn't laugh...you should see my garage}}.
