PIP: Apartment kitchen reno progress 2/18

[315]

Kitchen cabinets went in today.


That cabinet on the right may or may not get installed up above. We're not sure if we want an upper cabinet without a lower one.


Still needed: DW, glass doors on cabinet above sink, shelving of some sort above fridge, and there is a missing cabinet next the fridge.

[thewop]

Very nice!

[spankswife]

Wow!! Looks great!! I love the cabinets all the way to the ceiling, and how all of the appliances are on one side, so you have a very long counter on the other side, great use of space! I love the fridge and floors too!

[adlove]

Love everything about it! Completely agree it will be awesome to have so much unobstructed counter space on the right side. It looks so well thought out, great job!

[boiler717]

I can't believe the kitchen size for a apartment! Awesome!

Edit: whoops, called it a rental not apartment!

[boiler717]

What are you planning on doing on the window?

[emoflamingo]

I like it so far! Can't wait to see it finished.

[april37]

Looks great!

[prazenjc]

i love your progress pix, keep them coming. it is coming together so well!!

[sjh722]

Looking great! I like that door style a lot.

I'm amazed at how much cabinet space you have.

[wawa]

Looks great! It really looks like you've made fantastic use of the space. And I think I missed the update where the floors were installed. I love the pattern you chose!

[315]

Thanks, all. DH and I are so pleased so far. We decided last night to not install the upper cabinet on the right at the end of the run. Instead, we will have a poster or some other artwork there on the wall and some hooks, perhaps, to hang things. I think it will be nice to have at least one space where there is free floorspace.

So, other than the obvious installation of the DW, counters, backsplash, cabinet doors, and the missing cabinet on the left (not apparent in the photo above). We still have one plumbing issue with the waste pipe that needs to get addressed. And at least one outlet on the left wall needs to get relocated. Not sure why this wasn't done when they were doing the sheetrock, etc. but it wasn't.

boiler717, the window will get framed and a new windowsill. The windowsill is going to be a tight fit with the cabinet to the right of the range; it's got this silly little drawer there. The lower window is actually getting new glass. We got measured for that over a year but for whatever reason it's never been done. Reason #56742 why my management company gets the thumbs down.

[315]

wawa, thanks. We are really pleased with the floors.

[315]

adlove & sjh722, it's amazing how much more storage and counterspace we've been able to add with the new run of cabinets and the smaller fridge.

[sjh722]

I was picturing your before pictures and thought your old kitchen seemed much smaller - I remember some freestanding shelves, right? You have a nice long run of work space too!

[315]

Feb 19, 2013 12:04:36 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

I was picturing your before pictures and thought your old kitchen seemed much smaller - I remember some freestanding shelves, right? You have a nice long run of work space too!

Yes, it amazingly seems so much larger now that we don't have the weird table and bakers' shelves in there. It was so awkward. And now the space is getting used so much more efficiently.

[mrs.jacinthe]

This looks FANTASTIC.

[dougsbestgirl]

Looks wonderful, really great use of space.

[pitterwoo]

It really looks great. I think not installing that last upper will feel good too. How tall are your uppers?