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Kitchen 1 (before) |
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Sink - Gray Tile with Pink Grout - Gray counters |
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Kitchen 2 (before) |
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Cabinets - Fridge - Exploratory hole |
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Dining Room (before) |
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Same ugly grout - notice popcorn ceiling |
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Kitchen Demo |
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Plastic up - Fridge in L.R. - Doors Down |
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Dining area |
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No big changes here (yet) |
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Kitchen (opposite angle) |
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No big changes (yet) |
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Soffett Down |
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PINK - UUUUGGGGHHH - It's everywhere. Notice practice "holes" for lights. |
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More pink! |
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Soffet down and test light circles |
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Cabinets Down |
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Cabinets - Vent Hood - Tile still around. |
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Cabinets down |
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More of the same |
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Ceiling prep |
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Notice the plastic around the walls. POPCORN - YUCK!!! |
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more ceiling prep |
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get rid of that popcorn (more pink) |
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Electrical Begins |
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Notice ceiling - Wall exposed to complete electrical. Wall extended for more cabinets. |
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Wall Extension |
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Wall extended and dropped down to give beadboard ceiling a stopping place. |
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Another angle |
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Wall and ceiling extension |
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Begin lighting |
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Holes and wiring for lighting is installed. |
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More lighting |
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more holes and wiring for lighting. |
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The big pain |
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More lighting install, ran into a snag - notice big opening near outside wall. |
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Just one more thing! |
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This vent carries air from the attic of the 2nd story down to the 2 vents in the kitchen area. One of the pot lights goes right where the red X is marked on this vent. |
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What to do... |
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These metal stips art supporting the entire weight of the plenum box. Remove them and it falls. Must modify this to allow space for light fixture. |
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After the fix |
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Modified the plenum (finding the fiber board was a PAIN). reshaped it and moved the vent pipes around to allow space for the lighting. The new board (see writing) keeps the plenum supported, so no need for the old metal strips. |
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More ceiling removed |
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This was necessary to reroute the duct work. |
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Beadboard ceiling begins |
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LATE, LATE, LATE - Began the new ceiling |
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Beadboard Ceiling |
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Another angle. |
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Beadboard Complete |
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Next Day - It's installed. |
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Beadboard ceiling |
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another angle. |
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Beadboard painted |
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It's painted - WHAT A PAIN in the butt!!! |
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Beadboard painted |
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another angle |
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Lights installed |
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Recessed lighting installed. |
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Lights installed |
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Another angle. |
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Drywall replaced |
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After all electrical complete, drywall installed - taped and floated. (Note that we put a bottle of wine, note and pictures in the wall extension for future remodelers.) |
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Drywall replaced |
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Another angle. |
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Cabinet Parts |
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This is a small sample of parts for a few of the cabinets. Totals: 18 cabinets made up of 126 parts. Lots of gluing and clamping. Building them took about 2 months to complete. |
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Our first!!! |
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This was the first cabinet. We started with the smallest to make sure we calculated everything correctly. Isn't it beautiful? |
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Begin cabinet install |
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Several months later - We began installing the new cabinets. |
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Cabinets installed |
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Cabinets installed. Notice the space above them to allow for crown molding. You'll see that in later pictures. |
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Cabinets complete |
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Another angle |
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Cabinets complete |
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Notice the choice in cabinet here. The old corner style made the kitchen look smaller, so this slimmer version looks better. |
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Cabinet doors |
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Now this was a job!!! There are about 65 door panels (for upper and lower). That's 325 individual pieces that had to be cut, routed, glued and painted. Another many month process. But - Don't they look great?!!! |
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Cabinets installed another view |
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Additional cabinet over counter surface. Will have hand made stained glass doors and lighting for featuring pieces. |
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Our new DishWasher |
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Ain't it pretty!!! |
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New Microwave |
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New microwave over the stove. This was planned to save counter space. There's so little in this kitchen. |
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Cabinet finished |
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Cabinet with new stained glass doors (yes, Mikey made the stained glass too...) |
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Cabinet finished |
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The other side... |
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Another cabinet view |
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This is a little later after the tile was installed on the counters and backsplash |
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Cabinet details |
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Ths shows the end panels on the cabinets and the crown molding. |
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Cabinet Details |
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more details shown |
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New pantry closed |
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This looks deceptively just like the old one... |
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New pantry opened. |
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Looks can be deceiving - The whole thing slides out for better access. Very cool! |
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