We are making excellent progress. Some of the prior kitchen cabinets installed in my neighbor's work room. I wanted to recycle as much as we could. He (Roger) is very pleased. Waiting on Patsy to find the inside drawers which inadvertently went to her house. Snags happen. Roger's wife, Jan, provided one of the very best prime rib dinners I've ever enjoyed. And Robin joined us (another great neighbor who's husband, Michael, is working at expanding Van Nuys airport). Yes, we like our neighbors very much!
The lower level master with carpet and baseboards ripped out.
New flooring. Can't move the furniture around until the baseboards are installed, hopefully this afternoon.
The contractor, Fergal, and his helper Travis. Fergal is straight out of Ireland and feisty as they come! He's great fun to argue with. He doesn't miss a detail, so glad to have found him. Thanks to our realtor, Nancy, for the connection.
Carpeting ripped out in the lower level "great room". It's a lovely room that we never use, but the cats enjoy hanging out here, they have their very own fireplace which I've used once when it was very cold and I simply couldn't warm up and big screen TV (don't tell them we haven't hooked it up), and a small wet bar and fridge. They feel spoiled indeed!
New flooring, late in the afternoon. That's not a white patch, it's the sun streaming in through the windows.
The contents of my sewing room sharing the workout room space. This room has a padded floor that will not be replaced.
Sad sewing room.
Happier sewing room, once baseboards are re-installed we'll both be happiest!
Most of the cabinets are installed. The last thing will be the drawer and door fronts. Look at the lower right hand area. That patch is where the lower L used to be. By removing that part the kitchen feels like it doubled in size! On the right (not pictured this time) is the new pantry.
On the left is the double oven with vertical dividers above. Next to it will be the fridge. In the corner will be drawers as I don't care for Lazy Susans. Once everything is installed I'll take you on a trip around the kitchen.
This is the new hutch. It is where the pantry and tiny hutch used to be.
And by removing the wet bar/peninsula it truly opens up the space. The living room furniture will move back about 2-3 feet which will significantly open up that space.
Granite/Quartz man was there this week. He made templates for the surfaces which will take about two weeks. Here's a sneak peek at the island..... it's GORGEOUS! And yes, we will use every inch of it! All surrounding surfaces will be a very soft solid sage green quartz, virtually indestructible. The back splash will be complimentary multi-colored glass.
Every day we are one more step closer to a happier kitchen, happier Shon (which equals a happier Gary), and less neurotic cats. Well, hopefully less.
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