Preliminary Plans

We have plans!  So exciting, it's starting to look like a new kitchen.  We reviewed then with the kitchen designer this morning to get an idea of the price and options.  We will be going with the plans with the island that turns, still deciding some things but we're pretty sure of this design, it maximizes the use of space. 

Only question left for us is, do we replace the slider door with a single french door to add cabinets next to the fridge and put a double oven there.  Not sure if we want to spend the extra dollar to do it, debating...  Next step is to confirm with the designer that we will be using her team to move forward and then they come over to discuss what will need to be remodeled. 

Here are some pics, what do you think???

Side view of the island, this is a cad rendering so it doesn't have all the details but it gives a good idea of the use of space

Another view

Some options

Some options

View from living room

Cabinets

Well here's the bulk of the project cost. Cabinets!  We're going with custom cabinets, the space is not standard and it's pretty much the only way to get what we want.  The style will be Shaker overlay.  That means that the door goes over the face of the cabinet, it's not inset.  They will be white for the perimeter cabinets and the island will be burgundy or black, still deciding on that.

Here's an example of white shaker cabinets, I'll be going with a different style of pulls but it gives you an idea....

Traditional Kitchen design by Seattle Design-build RW Anderson Homes

Floors

Floors, ah the dilemma... We thought about going with tile but that is a lot of disruption and cost and everyone says it's horrible when you drop something on the tile.

So Chris has convinced me to keep the wood floors, they will get refinished throughout the first floors (a must after 10 years of abuse!) 

Now I need to convince him to stain them darker than they are today, we'll see where I get with that.

Appliances

One big part of a kitchen remodel is the cost of appliances (the other one is cabinets, whoa that's expensive!!)  Lucky me, I don't mind my current fridge and dishwasher so that cuts the cost a bit.

New appliances to find

Range (hopefully a 36" 5-6 burner), I'm still debating the brand.

Drawer fridge (which will look like cabinets) to store small things and kids drinks.

Microwave/Convection oven combo:  I really wanted a 2nd oven but I want to use the space better, so this will give me both a microwave built in and a second oven when I need to cook two things at different temperatures.

A hood, I hate the microwave over the range so it will be great to get rid of the one we have!

That's it!  Not too bad, uh?  As I find the different appliances I'll post pics.

Sinks...

We will be putting two sinks in the kitchen. One regular sink and one prep sink.. Some of the ones I like below.

Large sinks

Prep Sink:

Before the project..

Here are the picture of the house, before we attack the project,  can wait to see it after!

Pics pre-kitchen project

Meeting with the designer

Met with the kitchen designer today, we'll have some initial plans to look at in 2 weeks.  Really exciting, we really live in this kitchen, it's going to be so nice to have it exactly the way we want it!

I added a gadget on the blog that show my favorite pics from Houzz.com an idea website for home improvements.  You'll get an idea of what I'm looking for. I'll post other ideas as I go along..

Welcome to our fun, messy kitchen project!