on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
At the beginning of 2010 Tom saw something about rebates being offered if you replace your old appliances with more energy efficient applicances. We started talking about replacing our refrigerator. Next thing you know we are talking about redoing our entire kitchen. Since the beginning of 2011 we I have been planning for the renovation of our kitchen. Back in March I remember having a conversation with a friend on the way home from The Lancaster AQS quilt show about wanting to swap locations of the frig and stove, but the frig would stick out beyond the wall so this probably wasn’t going to be that great of an idea. She then wondered if there might be a frig that is designed to be more the depth of the counter. The next day I did some research and found that they do make counter-depth refigerators. Who knew????? (Me now!!!!)
Our kitchen is quite small and I wanted to maximize the space that we do have. For the past few months I have used alot of my creative energy thinking and planning for our kitchen renovation to hopefully accomplish this. When the hurtle achieved of convincing Tom that it is possible to move the gas line thus making it probable to swap the frig and stove I began scouring cabinet catalogs for the perfect size/type cabinet (both inside and outside) for each small space that we have. Then it was on to securing estimates. This in and of itself was an agonizing process. The difference in cost was astounishing. Also trying to decide the cabinet types and all that kind of stuff was very overwhelming. I think I finally could relate with those quilters that have so much trouble in choosing fabrics for their next project. At one point – I just wanted to someone else to make all the decisions and be done it it. Just when we thought we had finalized the size/shape and layout of the cabinets, another big brainstorm – closing off the one corner (passage way to the basement) to really make it feel like a real kitchen. I think this last alternation was the crowning decision to make this kitchen really nice. Needless to say, this has all been very exhausting. After deciding on a contractor then we had to plan the work around visits from our kids. Anyway – the kitchen is empty (needless to say – our front room/dining room IS NOT) and the contractor started working on Wednesday.
Day 1 –
Removed the old floor tile (I really have disliked this tile – come to find out it is an outdoor tile and is not really meant to be used inside). Let’s hope the new tile we have chosen will look nicer and be easier to keep up. They also removed alot of the wall tiles.
Thank your Pedro and your workers – I am REALLY glad that Tom and I ARE NOT doing the work ourselves.
Just keep saying, “It will be beautiful and finished someday.” It will be worth all the mess for sure.
Wow the project is in earnest. Maybe the worst part is over and all the fun stuff begins.
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