Kitchen Renovations, Part 1
Please note: our kitchen renovation took a fairly long time by our standards. We had quite a few obstacles along the way, including two trips to California and one severely sprained ankle. So, I will blog about each step separately, since there were serious time lapses between each stage.
As you may recall, upon moving in, this is what our kitchen looked like:
Outdated. Ugly. Green. Not to mention, containing a leaky water heater in the corner that had caused our subfloor and structural floor to rot through. You can also see, at left, the mysteriously-placed wall cabinets -- why no base cabinets along that wall? It's not like there was room to place a table there...
Opposite side of the kitchen. Check out the lovely, stick-on tile!
Due in large part to the giant hole in the kitchen floor, we decided a new kitchen was desperately needed, as soon as possible. So, as suggested by this post, we bought an entire kitchen from IKEA, the Swedish Wonderland.
The reason IKEA prices are so reasonable is because you get to assemble everything yourself. Thankfully, it's fairly straightforward, and once you do one, the others are a total breeze. I ended up doing most of the assembly myself, since Evan decided to take a work trip to Monterey. His dad nicely stopped by a few times after work to help. We ended up assembling 14 boxes altogether, including the giant pantry.
A stack of cabinet boxes, awaiting installation.
The corner wall cabinet, surrounding by other cabinet components awaiting assembly.
Our handyman, Todd, was a life saver. He not only fixed our giant hole, no problem, but he also laid down a brand new subfloor and installed new drywall throughout most of the kitchen. Then he started in on our cabinet boxes.
Check out the new subfloor! And the new drywall (the white patches)! And the first two cabinet boxes!
All the base cabinets are installed, and the wall cabinets are in progress.
After installing all the cabinets, both base and wall, Todd carefully measured, cut and nailed plywood to the tops of the base cabinets. The plywood will later be the base for our countertops (more on that later).
A little measuring, a little cutting, a little sanding, and a whole lot of lifting later... we finally have what looks like a modern kitchen!
...with only a little bit of detritus left outside.
As you may recall, upon moving in, this is what our kitchen looked like:
Outdated. Ugly. Green. Not to mention, containing a leaky water heater in the corner that had caused our subfloor and structural floor to rot through. You can also see, at left, the mysteriously-placed wall cabinets -- why no base cabinets along that wall? It's not like there was room to place a table there...
Opposite side of the kitchen. Check out the lovely, stick-on tile!
Due in large part to the giant hole in the kitchen floor, we decided a new kitchen was desperately needed, as soon as possible. So, as suggested by this post, we bought an entire kitchen from IKEA, the Swedish Wonderland.
The reason IKEA prices are so reasonable is because you get to assemble everything yourself. Thankfully, it's fairly straightforward, and once you do one, the others are a total breeze. I ended up doing most of the assembly myself, since Evan decided to take a work trip to Monterey. His dad nicely stopped by a few times after work to help. We ended up assembling 14 boxes altogether, including the giant pantry.
A stack of cabinet boxes, awaiting installation.
The corner wall cabinet, surrounding by other cabinet components awaiting assembly.
Our handyman, Todd, was a life saver. He not only fixed our giant hole, no problem, but he also laid down a brand new subfloor and installed new drywall throughout most of the kitchen. Then he started in on our cabinet boxes.
Check out the new subfloor! And the new drywall (the white patches)! And the first two cabinet boxes!
All the base cabinets are installed, and the wall cabinets are in progress.
After installing all the cabinets, both base and wall, Todd carefully measured, cut and nailed plywood to the tops of the base cabinets. The plywood will later be the base for our countertops (more on that later).
A little measuring, a little cutting, a little sanding, and a whole lot of lifting later... we finally have what looks like a modern kitchen!
...with only a little bit of detritus left outside.
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