Follow Along with my DIY Kitchen Remodel
I have hired Inspired Kitchen Designs to design my Ikea kitchen, I have my décor designs in mind and have the idea board together and am making paint and tile decisions now. I hope you will follow along with our journey of turning this outdated kitchen into a bright kitchen with some sophistication and sparkle.
First thing I was concerned about was getting the designer the right measurements for upper cabinets, and because the windows don't have ay trim I originally estimated putting 2" trim and gave them those measurements. I was stressed about that being right, just not wanting to be off on those measurements. So I convinced Hubby that we needed to pull out the uppers out and put the window trim on. The other issue was that the window sill was actually built out of the laminate that was the counter, so that had to go too.
As Hubby always says, I always think things are easier than they actually are. So, we found some weird drywall stuff going on behind which will have to be fixed after the bottom comes out. So here are some pictures of the work.
Hubby was hoping to put the cabinets in the garage, but they were not boxes, the were built in place. I am so glad this is started! We also hung the electric fireplace.
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Terri Clark
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Comments (16)7000ft, I am totally convinced you ought to write a book. Your family sounds very interesting and it sounds like you all work as a cooperative of sorts. How much of your food do you produce? The tomatoes that I grow are primarily for sauce, so I use Roma-type tomatoes. They are odd-looking, being long and quite large. The variety I grew this year was Super San Marzano. I've tried some others, but this one is the best. The sauce-type tomatoes are awesome for making sauce. They are very meaty with minimal juice and seeds. Making sauce is a breeze because you can skip the steps for squeezing the juice and seeds out. According to the catalogs, some varieties have pectin in them that helps to thicken the sauce. We ended up with 25 jars of sauce in the freezer. That is a record for us, so we are pleased! That's 25 dinners during ski season that I don't have to cook. :) I also grow a cherry tomato and some sandwich-type tomatoes. I've had good luck with Early Wonder, which is early yet tasty. (way better than early girl!) Inside the GH we enjoy our first tomatoes in mid-July. Without the GH we are lucky to get any red tomatoes at all. I'm sure it's the same for you. My gardening efforts are pretty much solo, but my husband was instrumental in building the GH and in helping look after things as needed. He is an expert at raising seedlings because I tend to travel a lot in the spring. He also built a root cellar and he is fully on board with our quest to grow as much food as possible. It's a bit of an oddball pursuit, so I'm happy that he's into it!...See MoreWhat process did you follow?
Comments (5)Janet; 1. Figure out what your budget is ahead of time. Determine what it is that you can spare out of your fin ances to fund this reno. 2. POST POST POST your plans. I did what you did in regards to a sketch, then going to a local Bradco KD, and then with a KD at Lowes and HD. None of them made any suggestions to change the plan. I discovered this site, and have posted my plans several times, with changes recommended by Buehl and Rhome and bmorepanic and holligator and others. They really pointed out what was lacking, and made suggestions for changes that I now see are crucial in increasing the functionality of my layout. Did I incorporate all the changes? No, but that's the beauty of these great people. They make suggestions that make you THINK. Last night my DH and I went to go see a neighbor's kitchen that was designed by a very popular KD place in town. Her pots and pans drawers are 12 feet away from her stove. Her dishwasher is on the right side of the sink, all of the cupboards/drawers for plates, silverware, cups, etc. are to the far left of the sink. She took down cupboards over the peninsula that separated the kitchen from a living area -- and then put the range in the peninsula. She now realizes that was a mistake -- yes, she took the upper cabs down to increase the view into the LR, but now has to put up an island hood, as they didn't make plans for a downdraft. I could go on and on, but I won't. Post your plans here. You will be so happy you did....See MorePeek at my blueprint and help me plan my dream kitchen (remodel)
Comments (4)Houseful-thanks for all the detailed pictures! So cool how you have transformed that space! This house is in Arcadia, we are currently in the East Valley. So...one thing we are playing with is the idea of keeping the original flooring. That requires moving as few walls as possible to keep repairs/replacements to a minimum. So that is informing the following ideas: I am currently toying with the idea of having a doorway from the library to the kitchen that lines up with the doorway to the dining room. With both the kitchen/library and kitchen/dining walls being half walls opened up above the lower cabs, if that makes sense. So I could see out the dining room windows at a sink and the library window at a cooktop possibly. Lining up the doorways would direct traffic through the kitchen but maybe that would be okay since my work area would be all on one side of the doorways? If we did this you would be able to see the backyard from the library and view out the front from the dining room... Rosie-the garden room was not built according to the plans and is just a room with a huge skylight...I was thinking of keeping it, but with half walls so when you enter the house you can see through it to the back windows...I was thinking of making it a small play room with a couch under the skylight. (Skylight is quite long and narrow along the wall opposite the door). A friend of mine has a reading couch under a skylight and it is magical to stretch out and read there during rainstorms... I like the idea of the kitchen in the middle, I think...Now, it is desirable to do less for the flooring reason, but I want to think big and I would love ideas that grab space from anywhere, really. We are mere days into months of planning so my initial thoughts may change dramatically. I would love to tear out as little as possible but I am open to considering it nonetheless!...See MoreBuilding a 120sq ft TINY home - follow along
Comments (3)Of course I'm browsing around. I'm always browsing but I don't always have anything say. Well, it is Berkley! This should be an interesting project to watch come together. I didn't read every line in the post but I'm wondering about the purpose. It's drawn out like a true "residence" not a guest room or backyard retreat. Personally, I would have to get used to the toilet being that close to the, oh heck, IN the kitchen. But at 10X12 you don't have many options and I concede that walling it off is an excercise in futility. In tight quarters there wouldn't be any privacy anyway. And it's not like you are going to have a gaggle of people over for dinner. I like the chicken. Cool markings. I've seen that variety on other posts. I might try chickens in the future, just not ready yet. I was somewhat serious about rabbits at one time so I could harvest the fertilizer but rabbits don't lay eggs and I'm not crazy about the taste of rabbit so no barn animals at my place yet. I like the raised beds although the dry stacked brick doesn't look very stable. In late March I'm inheiriting a raised bed frame built out of pressure treated 2X10's. I built it for a friend two years ago and she has decided her yard does not get enough light so I get to bring it my house. I hope that helps me control the weeds better. I simply don't have time to go out to my traditional garden and hoe weeds every night so the weeds always get ahead of me and take over the garden. I like her spirit. Bold, adventurous, a tad radical. Rock on with your bad self. Dang, I forgot to copy the site address and form a link here. Oops, maybe next time. Scott...See MoreTerri Clark
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8 years agoAlrighty! Here is the island. Thinking the baseboard at the bottom needs to be gray also.
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8 years agoLooks great. Love that stove, maybe latter on you can get a vintage refrigerator look it will be complete!!
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8 years agoSorry it took so long to get back here. I have been so swamped at work. And at home... So here is the coffee station issue.
See the picture below. The open electrical box at the corner of the cabinet (behind cabinet) will get covered with metal cover and painted appropriately so that you cant nail a nail or screw into it on accident. That is where the original light switch was. We moved it down as you can see in the picture. Well, without realizing, it turns out the edge of that is also the edge of the cabinet if you drew a straight line down. This is where the edge of the tile would also go. The switchplate cover will be raised because of the tile, and then the right side edge would stick out, since there would be no tile on that side. Part on tile, part off tile. Grrr. How to avoid that? Also, the countertop is about half an inch or so past the side edges on each side of lower cabinet, and upper, so where exactly would I stop my tile, at edge of counter? But then it will stick out at the top underneath the upper cabinet. I might be a little anal, but it makes me crazy to think of it not lining up.
Make sense? So, I have decided NOT to put tile there at all. We will just finish the electrical, which will be in a week or so, now that it has stopped raining in Texas! Finally!
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8 years agoI painted the floor molding on the island the gray, and it looks much better now that it doesnt look so choppy or kinda like its floating over the floor. I also went ahead and threw some paint up on the wall in the living room to see if I would like the color. The insides of the doorknob broke (1960's plastics) so I figured since I had the knob off, I would change out the brass hinges for brushed nickle to match the knob, and since I had those off, might as well paint the door.... So, been living with that for a week and like that color pretty well, so am going to go for it. Which means (hehehe) going to have to get some new furniture too!!
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8 years agoSo, I finally decided on and am working on new lighting over the island. DH didnt want to cut open the ceiling to do electrical because we have blown in insulation up there and our ceiling joists were not in good locations for the electrical boxes anyways. We added this drop down over the island and did the electrical inside of it so i could get all three lights in the right places without the mess. of course we have a little drywall and paint to do. but at least i now have the right lighting.
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