Sunday, April 01, 2007

The Kitchen

My kitchen is mostly straight out of the early 1970s. Over the years I have replaced all of the "harvest gold" appliances but the floor is an ugly vinyl that is supposed to look like bricks, the countertops are speckled and pieces have fallen off, and the cabinets were rather dark.

On a previous trip my mom painted the kitchen and I made the bistro corner afterward. That was phase 1. On her most recent trip, for a few weeks, she took on the task of painting the kitchen cabinets (phase 2). Phase 3 will be to redo the flooring and phase 4 will be to redo the countertops.

Before:
The kitchen is "L" shaped. This is the left side and note that the cabinet doors had already been removed.


This is the center and notice that there is a trash compactor that I never use. It is to be removed. You can clearly see how dark the cabinets are.


And this is the right.


After:
This is the left side and note that the cabinet doors have already been reinstalled. All the hinges and handles are new chrome.


This is the center and notice that the trash compactor is gone. I have purchased a cabinet to go in that space, however, it is a close match but not an exact match. I will make a modification to make the new cabinet a pull-out garbage and recycling bin, and make a new door. Then it will look right and can be installed and painted.


Finally the right side.


Pretty dramatic difference, don't you think? I have a couple of other things to do to finish this phase 2.
1. Modify the new cabinet and install it.
2. Build a pull-out spice rack for the narrow cabinet to the left of the dishwasher.
3. Build a dish rack that will go over the microwave.
None of these are particularly difficult...they just take time.

4 Comments:

At 11:13 AM, April 01, 2007, Blogger paulette said...

I am in awe. Not only at the transformation (it looks great) but that Pat is still able to paint cabinets and do all that physical labor. She is like the energizer bunny. Go, Pat.

 
At 2:05 PM, April 01, 2007, Blogger Sean M. said...

Yep, Grandma sure does great work. Everything looks great; you two are quite a team.

 
At 8:17 PM, April 01, 2007, Blogger Marcel said...

Your Mother knows how to push the buttons to get other people to help her. Better you than me.

 
At 12:45 PM, April 02, 2007, Blogger cheryl said...

W O W ! What a transformation! Tim, this looks incredible. Did you ever think your kitchen could look so good and bright?

 

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