Kitchen Finished!!

[CR500]

Well, almost finished but here are some pictures. Took about two years of working only weekends. I completely gutted the original kitchen (new one has nothing in common with original). Two load bearing walls were removed (one now contains the twin converging pocket doors, exterior wall pushed out and new roof blended into old, all new wiring and plumbing, new hardwood floor, ... I could probably write a book on each part of the remodel with all the weird and sub-par stuff that needed to be corrected. I did everything except build the cabinets and install the granite.

Thanks to everyone for all the help and advice!

[pushkins]

Looks great, job well done.
After two years of a disassembled kitchen I bet the wife is tickled.

[Fischer]

Nice looking job. Very clean lines.

[scuba_dave]

Very nice job, glad to be finished?
or almost......

[junkcollector]

Nice and clean. I love the rich woodwork & cabinets.:top:

[CR500]

I'm a bachelor, no way would a wife put up with that! I actually thought about leaving the house without a kitchen. I use the barbecue several times a week and could eat out for years with the money I spent. Think a perspective buyer of the house would notice if there wasn't a kitchen??

Glad to be finished is an understatement!!! I think removing the load bearing walls and building the addition was the easy part. Biggest pain in the neck came from flattening (flat to the thickness of 30lb tar paper) and reinforcing the subfloor, installing the pocket doors, and that damn plugmold (Wiremold W30 connectors are a must).

Of course, with all the expert electrical advice from the forum the electrical was a breeze. Several years earlier, again with help from the forum, I did a heavy up and had lots of room for all the new kitchen circuits. I just didn't plan on all the wire being so expensive.

Took quite some time for the cabinet maker to get the color right. I would have liked it a little lighter but its close enough!

Whats left: trim out the 10' opening to the family room (haven't decided whether to go fancy with fluted pilasters to match the island, or just standard casings), buy and install pendant lights over the island, and hardiplank the exterior (I have all the hardiplank just waiting to be installed).

Thanks again!

[MJ CORMIER]

What a great job, any chance you could teach me some of your talents, I would settle for a lesson in PATIENTS! ! !
Congrads.
MJ

[scuba_dave]

This as far as I have gone with our kitchen remodel
Stripped & repainted some cabinets
And we aren't even keeping these

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/Daveywb/Home%20Stuff/KitchenCabinetrepaint2May09.jpg

[CR500]

Patients is one thing that I seem to have. Don't know if thats a talent though!

How many years you into that kitchen Dave. It seems like you got a lot of projects going at the same time!

[scuba_dave]

I have just done small things in the existing kitchen
Redid the electric - it was all one circuit
Fridge is a 15a circuit, then 3 more circuits for counter tops
4 recessed lights installed, new LED puck lights over the stove
And a new stove (needed) & microwave (died)
New fridge - had to cut up 2 layers of floor under it & cabinet above
Then I had to cut back the wall beside it to open the frdige door
4 Temp cabinets installed - 3 on the all & 6' of base cabinet

Then I added a sunroom off the back of the kitchen & took the wall down between. Now that the sunroom is built (07) I'm just about ready to redo the kitchen. I need to build the stairs to the new great room. Then everything will be in place & we can decide on cabinets

Yup lots of projects to finish up:
Much of it was done so that I can redo the exterior of the house
Front 3 season porch
Addition to pool cabana
Greenhouse - just the roof - about 16" x 10'
2nd floor dormer
Garage/great room/walk up attic -back roof about ready to go on
Plus more

It was a 5 year plan :rofl:
But a broken rib in 06 & a twisted kneed in 08 has delayed me

[CR500]

Geesh, thats a hell of a lot of work! 5yr plan, I tell everyone that I hope to finish the house before I die!

[scuba_dave]

A house is never finished :s:

We have a stream on the property, so had to go before Conservation Committe. They said to put everything I wanted to do on the permit, I then had 2 years to start. Anything not started within the 2 years had to go back thru the approval process again.
So I went like mad to get everything started in 2 years
Then found out I actually had 3 years....oh well

[Bismarck Jack]

B.E.A. utiful. Nuff said. thanks

[Ohm1]

Very Nice!!!!