Kitchen Remodel - Deja Vu

Since we will now be spending more time in KW, we want to do some remodeling. The kitchen was first up. Within a few hours of emptying the kitchen, I had flashbacks to remodeling the house in Lynnfield. And it wasn't pretty.....We transformed the guest room into a make-shift kitchen storage room.

You might remember, we arrived in KW on Monday afternoon and that night Neal cooked us steaks on the grill and we had our "Ned Said, Red" wine to celebrate. At 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, the workers began to arrive and started to demolish the kitchen. Memories of our wonderful dinner outside on the back deck the evening before began to fad - very rapidly. The workers started the demolishion by pulling out the appliances. First, they removed the old stove, microwave and the dishwasher.

Next, they pulled out all the old cabinets, drawers, sink, counter tops, etc. This is the kitchen standing in the doorway looking toward where the old stove and microwave used to be.

The space where the old sink and dishwasher used to be.

The cabinent that used to hold the pots and pans and the silverwear drawer used to be here. We left the frig in place for as long as we could.

Looking from the kitchen into the hall/entrance way.

Although we had no kitchen, we did have our priorities and kept access to a few necesseties of life in KW. The coffee maker...

And the blender.

Once they finished the demolishion, they started to insall the new cabinets and drawers.

We had to wait 2 weeks but finally the appliances arrived.!! This is the oven and the dishwasher still in their boxes.

And the new refrigerator.

Because the sink was being delivered with the appliances, they couldn't finish the countertop until they were all delivered. So, once everything was here, we gave them the sink and they started on the template for the  countertop. In the meantime, they were able to install the microwave.

At this point, we are well into week 3 of "Chaos in Paradise"......

After this things seemed to  move along very smoothly and quickly. They finished up the counter tops and installed the appliances over the next couple of days. The tile-guy came and installed the backsplash and we were done! This is the door style of the new kitchen cabinets and drawers. They are white.

We didn't do any major redesign so the appliances are pretty much in the same place as they had been. The countertops are Corian in a color called "Oat".

We used a company that custom makes the cabinets so that we could maximize our space. The corner cabinets on each side of the oven use every inch of space. Before there was a lot of filler and dead-space that I could never get to. The new doors are double-hinged so they swing open the full width of the lazy susan and provide easy access to the space.

This cabinet is to the left of the over but operates the same way.

We had the counter top between the kitchen and the dining area slightly bowed and rounded off. We can put a couple of stools there or just use it as a pass through for serving and cleaning up after dinner.

 

This much of the work was completed by Easter Sunday. So even though most of our kitchen 'stuff'' was still in boxed up, Neal decided to put our new kitchen to the test!

He made a wonderful rack of lamb for our Easter dinner.

He made potatoe with white pearl onions and green beans almondine and served it all with a loaf of fresh bread and a nice red wine. It was outstanding!

 Our kitchen remodel was an adventure but well worth it. We hope you all had a wonderful Easter, too!