Renovation Reality: Bites

So we're all set for the new kitchen, right? Wrong. We had to go back to the drawing board to be sure the new door and window placements were accurate to fit our sink and dishwasher, and when we laid out the kitchen in the room, we realized just how massive that island we designed really is. So we scaled it back to accommodate the inswing French doors, but then it was small and weird looking. Then we changed to outswing doors and larger outside steps.

We went back and forth from angle cabinet to corner cabinet, and determined that the corner will support the measurements better, even though I like the angled cabinet idea. Dang. The sink has to be centered under the new window, or it's just weird looking, so function and fit over form here.

The good news is we are ready to give the cabinet guy our measurements. We've ordered our appliances. The bad news is, we still haven't decided on a color for the cabinets because we're still looking for flooring.

And once we looked at the ceiling height, we thought we wanted a vaulted ceiling in the kitchen. Except by the time we allowed for attic space (ventilation), insulation, and the drywall for the vault, it wasn't much of a vault at all. So we decided on a tray ceiling instead. Add a week of work and a lot of money, and here we go. The good news is the pot lights are more easily placed in the tray than on a vault. So that's a plus for me, because who wants to decide where potlight should go in the ceiling?

So the doors and windows are coming out and being switched. It was weird to leave the house like this.

And come home to this.

But it's progress. And I love it! Can't wait for the new doors and windows to be installed.