Our little kitchen has seen a few changes through the years . When we first moved in, the plywood doors were a dark mahogony color. Darrell did router a bit of a panel in them and we re stained them ...re do #1! Of course, in the early 90's we repainted the doors to white and I had that wonderful color scheme of "country blue" with lots of geese/cow accessories! YIKES! what was I thinking!! Sometimes, it takes a little while to get it right!!!
We wanted to take out the chimney along this wall in the kitchen to allow a little bit more room for new stainless steel appliances. The chimney is no longer used as we have a different set up, so it made sense to tear it out!! I wish I had some better before pics of the breakfast bar,,,you can see it in the background. That actually use to be a full wall, a few years ago, we took down the wall, opening up the space basically eliminated the hallway feel in the house. I have not tired of the yellow walls, so the paint color will stay the same. Phewww...thats going to save alot of time in itself.
We decided since we haven't placed our order for cupboards yet, to use the old bank of cupboards and set up the "island" layout that we want to go with. This has given us a good idea of how the kitchen will work for us set up this way and I think we like it!! We have decided as of today, that we may make it a little bit shorter though??? The patio doors in the background go into the office. The office was once the boys bedroom which you orginally got to through the little hallway to your right....we relocated the doorway, and the boys relocated downstairs!!
The chimney is gone!
The clean up crew....
Flooring through the years! We will be continuing with the hardwood through out the kitchen and dining room now.
We decided to put the fridge on the opposite end of the wall. This set of French doors leads into our living room. You can see a bit of the door to a small broom closet to the left of french door. Once the chimney wall was gone and this area opened more, the little door kinda looked funny. So it is coming out and we will do some open shelving there instead.
This bank of cupboards and the dishwasher will basically stay the same. We have changed out the doors on our old cupboards, the bases and boxes are still from the original house. Hard to open, different heights...so they will all be coming out and new ones installed. :)
We put in a new kitchen window this past summer, along with 2 new ones in our entry. The 1950's shelves will be coming out. I don't know if we will just leave the area on both sides of the window empty???? Its not a very big space,,,,any suggestions from anyone out there....
This piece of drywall will be coming out so Darrell can do some new wiring, and plumbing. I will have a pot filler above the new slide in stove, a range hood, 2 upper cabinets, and some nice tile work. We decided that the microwave will go in the island ...this allows us to do a bit more of a feature wall above the stove. This wall is the first wall you see when you come into the kitchen, so I hope it turns out like I am envisioning.
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We have been planning this remodel for about 2 years!! and have finally decided to get at it! Our little house dates back to the 1950's and it has seen many changes over the past 25 years that we have called it home. We refer to our boys ( who are now young adults) as "reno babies" because it seemed we were always tearing out a wall, changing this or that and making improvements to our little house. So, I hope you will enjoy the ride,,,,and lucky for you all, it will be minus the dust!
We wanted to take out the chimney along this wall in the kitchen to allow a little bit more room for new stainless steel appliances. The chimney is no longer used as we have a different set up, so it made sense to tear it out!! I wish I had some better before pics of the breakfast bar,,,you can see it in the background. That actually use to be a full wall, a few years ago, we took down the wall, opening up the space basically eliminated the hallway feel in the house. I have not tired of the yellow walls, so the paint color will stay the same. Phewww...thats going to save alot of time in itself.
We decided since we haven't placed our order for cupboards yet, to use the old bank of cupboards and set up the "island" layout that we want to go with. This has given us a good idea of how the kitchen will work for us set up this way and I think we like it!! We have decided as of today, that we may make it a little bit shorter though??? The patio doors in the background go into the office. The office was once the boys bedroom which you orginally got to through the little hallway to your right....we relocated the doorway, and the boys relocated downstairs!!
Flooring through the years! We will be continuing with the hardwood through out the kitchen and dining room now.
We decided to put the fridge on the opposite end of the wall. This set of French doors leads into our living room. You can see a bit of the door to a small broom closet to the left of french door. Once the chimney wall was gone and this area opened more, the little door kinda looked funny. So it is coming out and we will do some open shelving there instead.
This bank of cupboards and the dishwasher will basically stay the same. We have changed out the doors on our old cupboards, the bases and boxes are still from the original house. Hard to open, different heights...so they will all be coming out and new ones installed. :)
We put in a new kitchen window this past summer, along with 2 new ones in our entry. The 1950's shelves will be coming out. I don't know if we will just leave the area on both sides of the window empty???? Its not a very big space,,,,any suggestions from anyone out there....
This piece of drywall will be coming out so Darrell can do some new wiring, and plumbing. I will have a pot filler above the new slide in stove, a range hood, 2 upper cabinets, and some nice tile work. We decided that the microwave will go in the island ...this allows us to do a bit more of a feature wall above the stove. This wall is the first wall you see when you come into the kitchen, so I hope it turns out like I am envisioning.
Thanks for checkin in ...
3 comments:
You have big plans! We've changed our 50's house many times also in the 34 years we have lived here. I look forward to seeing the finished product. I like the shelves...so I'm not the one to ask about changing them!! ha! ha!
Your plans sound wonderful. We just purchased a slide-in stove yesterday for our island - who knew they were so expensive compared to a regular stove?
I have fantasies of Sarah Richardson stopping by to inspire me or at least tell me I'm going the right direction with the reno. My favorite designer!
Dawnna, thanks for stopping by my blog. I am so happy to hear from new people. I was very inspired by your stamping area. What a fun look you created. So lively and exciting. I am excited to see what you do with you kitchen. I will definately be back often. I hope it is a smooth reno for you both. (If there is such a thing). ha. Hope you will stop by again. Lisa
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