Our Kitchen has been an on going renovation and I would like to show you the progress of it.
Now it is an ongoing renovation because that's just how it happened and we are doing this ourselves and on a very small budget. When I say small budget, I mean that we save money, then spend it on something in the kitchen and then save more and spend...and so on. We are just about done. Only the cupboard trim left and the bulkhead removal needs to be completed. Other than that, take a look into the journey of new cabinets, counters, floors etc.
First Three pictures are Demo. We bought a bin for our driveway and everything went.
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| Can you see where they painted in the old cupboards? |
Now for the Floor. We had friends over to help us with the ceramic floor. see the next few pictures.
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| Paul is cutting the wall? |
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| This orange stuff is called schluter. It goes under the tile and helps with any movement that may occur |
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| Thanks Rob & Paul |
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| Done |
Now fast forward a year with the tile. It started cracking. Grout was coming apart. No good. On the level with the kitchen, we also have the foyer, living room and dining room. We wanted hardwood for those places, so I decided we would hardwood the entire level. Including the kitchen. see below
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| tile ripped out |
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| we had to move the fridge to get the tiles that were under it... hard job. Thanks Chris. |
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| Hardwood Bamboo (Home Depot) |
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| Hardwood straight out to the Foyer |
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| I asked Brandon to remove this bulkhead because we choose not to put upper cabinets on the window side of our kitchen. It makes it feel more open. There was no wires or ducts running through it (we checked first) So it came down. |
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| Fixing it with drywall...It still has to be finished. Brandon does not like mudding. You will see in the after pick how it is to this day. | |
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| Temporary counters while we saved for stone counters (Home Depot) |
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| New Counters (Lowes - man made stone) |
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| New counters |
The next two pictures shows the 'Pantry area' before and after. The only reason there is a before is because Ikea did not have stock of the white pantry cupboard when we bought the rest of our kitchen. So rather than taking what they had home and waiting for the pantry to be delivered. We bought some brown cupboards... It looked a lot better in our heads. All I have to say, Brown cupboards are for sale!
Some ask if it was worth the hassle and mess. Others pat us on the back and say you did a great job and survived the renovation together.
Well here is the mess they were talking about and it was not easy to deal with at times.
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| everything in the dining room while the floors were being done. |
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| This is what happens when you don't have all your cupboards and you have friends to feed (a thanks for those who helped us) and a dishwasher that was disconnected or not working... who knows. |
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Don't judge us on those last 3 photos. Totally not how we live. We do have a mess from time to time but this is beyond mess.
Now for the Before and After
(well current.. a few minor touches to be done. *bulkhead and cupboard trim*)
