Before-after
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jaySince a couple of people have requested to see photos of my kitchen, here they are:
Here's the mostly-original 1953 kitchen... the outline on the center wall is from a pantry that had already been removed. The wall-mounted task lights were new. The scavenged 2-year-old built-in dishwasher awaits installation in the corner...
And here's the same space after the cabinet and walls were removed, electrical/data/phone finished, and Nancy had installed the insulation (as befits her Minnesota roots ;). Previously, the walls had no insulation.
And after we sanded the mahogany panelling, keeping the tops, and scoring and cutting the concreteboard for the bottoms (the mahogany *behind* the previous sink had rotted badly, and eventual plans call for a slate backsplash) we closed up the walls again.
And finally, the renovated/salvaged period cabinets (from other Eichler homes in the area) were installed, leveled, and a stainless steel counter with new stainless sink and faucet inserted (far right) with an existing top (patched neatly bydeyo) on the left (temporarily, until we get another stainless top). The first colors were the cinnamon-brown shown on some sliding doors below (see the rightmost, the others are washed-out in the photo)... I repainted the cabinets yesterday in the grey color shown.
Whew... it is still lacking the shelves for the wall-length sill (the brackets are there, and one board on the left. But enough for now...
Here's the mostly-original 1953 kitchen... the outline on the center wall is from a pantry that had already been removed. The wall-mounted task lights were new. The scavenged 2-year-old built-in dishwasher awaits installation in the corner...
And here's the same space after the cabinet and walls were removed, electrical/data/phone finished, and Nancy had installed the insulation (as befits her Minnesota roots ;). Previously, the walls had no insulation.
And after we sanded the mahogany panelling, keeping the tops, and scoring and cutting the concreteboard for the bottoms (the mahogany *behind* the previous sink had rotted badly, and eventual plans call for a slate backsplash) we closed up the walls again.
And finally, the renovated/salvaged period cabinets (from other Eichler homes in the area) were installed, leveled, and a stainless steel counter with new stainless sink and faucet inserted (far right) with an existing top (patched neatly by
deyo) on the left (temporarily, until we get another stainless top). The first colors were the cinnamon-brown shown on some sliding doors below (see the rightmost, the others are washed-out in the photo)... I repainted the cabinets yesterday in the grey color shown. Whew... it is still lacking the shelves for the wall-length sill (the brackets are there, and one board on the left. But enough for now...
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Date: 2003-07-14 04:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-14 06:37 am (UTC)Wow!
Date: 2003-07-14 07:19 am (UTC)I know who to call to help my dad whenever I decide to do any major tasks now!
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Date: 2003-07-14 08:17 am (UTC)It's one thing to hear about it and quite another to see it. You did a fabulous job.
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