Kitchen Day 5: I Believe In A Thing Called Love

Kitchen day 5 was a very busy day! Workers installed cabinets in both my kitchen & dining room. Also put in some can lighting into our dining room & removed the chandelier, which Julia liked to swing on!

Julia "hiding" from the construction

The girls were out of school for Presidents' Day, but Mom & Dad took the to the mall for an adventure!
Next week is an act of patience, as today they come to measure the granite; then it will be a week to get it in, cut & installed. So I will be a week without a kitchen & no "progress" until the granite is installed. The wait is more than worth it, for a life time of a beautiful, functioning kitchen.

Adding lights to dining room

Pull-out shelves in dining room

Finished cabinets

 

Installing dining room cabinets

The kitchen looks absolutely amazing. I never would have believed I would have such a beautiful kitchen! 

Setting breakfast bar facing

Finished cabinets

Finished cabinets

Before

After (so far)

Kitchen Day 4: Grout

Kitchen Day 4: workers laid the grout, and the cabinets arrived!!!!!

Putting grout over the tile

Cleaning grout off the tile

Finished floor!!!

Cabinets have arrived for Monday installation

Kitchen Day 3: Tile

Fangtasia is the only one not bothered at all by all the construction

Kitchen day 3: tile placement

Day 3 was a long day! Work on the floors began at 9am & lasted to about 8pm! The tile had to set overnight, so we were not allowed to go into the TV room or kitchen area all day. The girls had a bit of a rough time, but were certainly better than they had been the first day! 

My father came over at night, which was a big help! Not only do I love the results of the floor tile, but since there was no TV I caught up on some reading! (Richelle Mead's Succubus series, real classy stuff)

Thanks for following this journey with us!

Laying down Wonder Board (my favourite super-hero)

They laid out the 3 patterns for me to chose from....I chose the brick lay-out, there was no time for a vote

Setting the tile

Finished tile placement-I LOVE the brick pattern!

Kitchen Day 2: She's Electric

Kitchen Day Two: Electrical & structural

Maya & Julia did FAR better yesterday! We were able to let the girls into the TV room last night, just blocking off the kitchen area. They were much happier!

Setting the wall for the breakfast bar on one side & cabinets on the other

Setting ceiling for more lighting

Breakfast bar wall in place, setting up dry wall along perimeter

Lights are in-electric set for under-cabinet lighting

Maya enjoying the new view

Kitchen Day 1

Yesterday marked day one of the kitchen make-over I won from Platinum Kitchens thanks to many of you voting! Everyone from Platinum Kitchen's crew have been very nice & professional!

Julia & Maya has a rough time with all the newness last night. It will be worth it in the long run to have a safe kitchen area! Hopefully they will adjust throughout the week!

Here is a visual breakdown of day 1: Demolition Day!!!! See previous post for all the "before" kitchen photos!

Cabinet removal begins!

Cabinets gone & starting to remove tile

It's hard to believe, isn't it?

End of day 1: kitchen gone, couches back in place to watch TV!

Very 70's-looking!

More & Faster, here we come!

I have decided to add some more "before" photos of the kitchen for your viewing pleasure. Work begins next week on the new kitchen! 

I will post updates & pix of the renovation as it happens!

Bid adieu to my Bavarian cabinetry

Wouldn't want to be you, 1960's oven!

This wall will be no more

Kid-proofing new kitchen, so there will be no more "blueberry-gedden"

Although Julia won;t be able to "help" me anymore

The new back splash, granite counters and cabinets I chose!