New Features

Here are shots of some of the finishes.  The cabinets are a slightly off-white raised panel style. Sorry no pictures!

We got all of our appliances during the Labor Day sale at Lowes.  They were delivered about 2 weeks ago and are sitting in the garage taunting me.  I can't wait to use them.

We went with a counter depth fridge.  A little less space but more of a built in look.  Maybe it will make us eat less if we can't store as much!  Doubt it.

This is the countertop - Cambria Quartz in Darlington.  I hated this picture online but loved it in person.  None of the colors seem to be accurate in pictures.  It's more taupey-grey than it looks.

 Main backsplash tiles (I swear these tiles match the counter in person - at least to my untrained eye).

 Accent backsplash tiles.  The lightest color is the same as the main tile.

This is a close-up and farther out shot of the floor tile.  12x24 with a linen finish.  Colors are hard to see since this was taken in a dark store with a cellphone camera.  This was a difficult decision since the tile will be in about 900 square feet of living space but I had the interior designer (who majored in colorology?!) help pick it.

Finally, here are the lights going over the breakfast bar.  This was one of the hardest decisions to make.  I ended up going a little over budget here but I got them for 23.5% off :)  so I couldn't pass that up.

We still need to pick hardware, stools, etc.

More to come in about a month!

Out with the old

Eight years after moving in we are finally remodeling our 1980s kitchen!  Out with the laminate cabinets and green tile counters, and don't forget the original 1968 fish scale floor tiles (even the contractors said they had never seen anything like them!).  The remodel officially starts in the beginning of January but we have been picking out all the finishes since August.

As a reminder here is the old kitchen...

We will be removing the drop down ceiling in the kitchen.  This means that all the popcorn in the entire house is being removed as well. This might be Bill's favorite thing about the remodel.

The layout will essentially remain the same except the dishwasher will be moved to the other side of the sink to allow for more efficient use of the corner cabinet.

 The microwave will be above the range. 

Good-bye topiary!!! This pantry will be replaced by a built-in cabinet pantry.  Over the years, many people have commented they think the door is cute but I never get any takers when I offer it to them.  Here's your last chance!

We will be removing as much of these two walls as (financially) possible.  The counter along this run will extend into the Florida room to create a breakfast bar.