Other than changing light fixtures, the kitchen remodeling is now completed. Only a couple of hiccups in the process, one of which is highly annoying but what can you do when the company you got stuck with from Home Depot sucks. Don’t ever use Precision Countertops.
This is what the old kitchen looked like prior to remodeling the kitchen and refinishing the floors. Dark oak cabinets and deep yellow varnish on the red oak flooring made the area seem dreary.
There was an electric cook-top on the left side of the kitchen, dishwasher and wall oven on the right side, and the overhead cabinets over the cook-top split the room and blocked light from the majority of the windows. And you can see the old french door but you can’t see how it was leaking and ruining the floor, and rusting because it was never painted, just installed with it’s original primed and unpainted finish.
Range is now on the right side of the kitchen, and the dishwasher is on the left side.
Our desks and the dining room table have plenty of room.
And the birds have their cozy spot in the corner next to the pantry.
Without the cooktop taking up a lot of real estate on the peninsula, there is tons of space to spread out stuff when cooking. And getting rid of the overhead cabinets totally transforms the room. The pantry cabinets to the right of the kitchen along the wall next to the living room provide ample storage. All in all, it’s a massive improvement and makes this part of the house really comfortable. It’s where we will spend the majority of our time during the day.
Today the painter may come to work on the living room, in which case we’ll be moving all the stuff from that room into this one and we’ll be back to total chaos. He might not show up, though. The weather looks good and he’s doing exterior painting while it’s not raining, and interior painting when it’s too wet outside.
This large maple tree has turned color and is now busily dropping leaves all around itself, and on top of the storage shed out in the yard. This basically the view out of the window by my desk, and off the back deck.
The picture is a wee bit fuzzy because it wasn’t very light when I took the picture. You can see where the sun is just touching the top of the trees, painting the fir tree gold. I scared a hummingbird when I went outside to take pictures this morning. Sorry birdie!!
The yellow plum tree is just now starting to turn color. It has way too many branches and needs pruning in a bad way. That will be a several years project, to reduce the extra branches and get the tree healthy and producing more fruit.
We ate a few of the plums in late summer and they were very delicious, so it’s worthwhile trying to save the tree. It will be part of the gardening project for the spring.
Are all of the cabinets getting stained/painted? Or, do I need to learn how to read?
The living room and kitchen look awesome! What a difference your remodel makes to both rooms. I can’t wait to see it in-person. I still can’t believe that you are living on this side of the mountains and I am so happy that you are!!