Kitchen Remodel

This is one of the first project that was completed after purchasing my home.  We actually were able to do it before moving in, so we did not have to live through the mess and inconvenience of a complete kitchen demo.  A friend of the family took on this project, and it was actually his idea.  Check out some before pictures:

 

 

 

We demolished the kitchen down to the sub floor and found several boards that needed replacing.  Also, upon tearing into the walls, we realized there was no insulation so that was added.  We relocated an oddly placed window (see window to the right in the photo below) in order to bring the counter to the wall, and knocked down a wall that was separating the kitchen from the laundry room.  Doing so gave us much more room to work with, and allowed us to get all the cabinets and the pantry cabinet that we wanted.  Another issue that we encountered was the water heater that was in the space of the old laundry room.  To solve this, we removed it and had a tankless water heater mounted on the exterior of the house (smart and green!)  and flowing at 6gpm, we never run out of hot water. 

 

The floor was finished with 18" ceramic tile.  We used granite for the counter tops and travertine for the back splash accented with glass subway tile.  We found an awesome stainless steel sink by Vigo on overstock, as well as our faucet and this awesome Cavaliere-Euro 36-inch wall mount range hood. 

(Some of the photos shown were taken before the job was completed the above is pre-hardware, microwave and window coverings)

All in all, there is nothing I would have done differently.  With the help of my lovely mother, and the amazing staff at KZ kitchen cabinets, we were able to come up with the perfect plan to utilize every inch of the space perfectly.