Shanno's Kitchen - The Pantry Wall

In the last blog entry, I was trying to show the difference between the old space and the new space. This is the old space:


This is after the sheet rock was removed:


This is the space now with the studs removed and the just built new pantry, wine storage area and bar:


(the entry to the utility room did not move, although the door design will . . .)

Shannon's Kitchen--the Cabinetry

Now that the floors are in, we have started on the custom cabinetry. Before we demolished the kitchen, Shannon and I spent time designing the function of each cabinet. Some of things to decide on are drawers or doors, adjustable or fixed shelves, tall spice drawers, glass inserts, and space for cookie sheets & trash cans.



Shannon also selected, ordered and paid for all the appliances before we started. This ensures that there will not be any delays waiting for appliances to arrive, that the space we build will fit the appliances, and that the appliance you have in mind and we plan for is the one you get!


This next picture is of the new pantry wall. Shannon's old kitchen had a 12" pantry, that's inches! I am so excited for her to have this new pantry- she is going to love it!




Below is the best picture I have of what the area used to look like. The French door is the entry to the utility room and I am replacing it with doors that look like cabinetry. The wall with the double oven is now gone. And so is the fur-down.




We are also building an entertainment unit in the family room:


Next step is making a template for the countertops. Since it usually takes about a week or two for countertop fabrication, I always have the fabricator come as soon as the base cabinets are in.

Shannon's Kitchen-- The Floors

One of the things that will make a space feel larger is to have the same flooring material throughout. Shannon's kitchen and family room floors were Saltillo tile set on the slab and the living room was 2 1/4" hardwood floors set on screeds. In the picture below, we have removed the tile, the tile thin set, the wood floors, and the screeds then we scraped the old tar:


As you can see there is a big difference in the floor heights. Also, the slab was not level, so we use a leveling liquid to smooth the floors. Where the wood floors used to be, we poured new tar, set new screeds and added a moisture barrier:


Then plywood was laid on top:


In the area where the tile used to be, we used a liquid moisture barrier:


Once all was dry, we started laying the floors:


Shannon fell in love with this 5" pre-finished engineered flooring from Anderson Floors. The floors took 2 weeks to complete, aren't they pretty!