Kitchen Design
Kitchen Design (Part 2)
Kitchen Demo
I should start by explaining that we originally planned to design and install the kitchen ourselves. After all, we installed a few IKEA cabinets in the kitchen at the old house and it wasn't so bad (Translation: I only threatened to stab my eye out with the Allen key twice).
After a bit of shopping around we came to our senses and decided to have a custom kitchen designed and installed installed. There were three big factors that brought us to this decision:
1- Space: our kitchen is only 11 ft x 12 ft and maximizing every inch of it was top priority. Losing space to fillers and not having the ability to have a fully functional island just wasn't a good choice for this smaller space.
2- Time: The demo of the kitchen, removal of walls and vaulting of ceilings was scheduled to take 4 weeks. With the amount Ty works, the kitchen install would probably take us 2-3 weeks to do ourselves, where as it can be professionally installed in 2-3 days. Sign me up!
3- Investment: Even though we plan to live in this home a long time we are of course always conscious of the investment aspect. Since everyone is familiar with the saying "kitchens sell homes" we knew this was not the place to scrimp on the budget.
Let's take one last look at the BEFORE pictures:
In case you missed "the plan" from my earlier post (Kitchen Design), here are the 3D renderings for the new kitchen:
Here is what the kitchen looked like at the start of Kitchen Install Day 1:
Custom Kitchen: Hampton Kitchens
Cabinet colour: Antique White
Island colour: Winchester
Hardwood: Caramel Red Oak from Giant Hardwood
Paint: Dulux "Lifemaster" paint, tinted with Benjamin Moore "Herbes de Provence"