After five years of thinking about it, we finally decided to pull the trigger. We hired Silent Rivers to design and remodel our kitchen.
Having someone else do the work made coming home each night fun. How much did they get done today? What will be different? I tried to stand in the same place each day and take a picture of the progress.
The kitchen before:
The piano room served as our makeshift kitchen. A toaster oven, a microwave, a hotplate, and a toaster can make a lot of different meals. Daphne approached it as a challenge, and our dinners really didn't change that much. I was surprised how often we ate at home. A Thursday night steak dinner for me was about all we went out for. (While it worked, washing the dishes in the bathroom isn't ideal.)
Here's the first day's progress. I won't comment on every picture, but this change was a bit of a shock to come home to. No going back now.
The kitchen didn't have a ceiling for awhile. To be honest, I got used to the look. I was almost disappointed when they put up the ceiling's drywall. I can see why people like the exposed, industrial look.
The Silent Rivers team kept our old oven hooked up for us for a long as they could, but it didn't get used very often.
Some days I'd come home and think, Huh. I guess they weren't here. Then I'd notice that the cabinets have doors.
Maggie wasn't too happy about being locked in our bedroom each day, but she put up with it. The cats took the construction in stride.
New floor!
The installation of the counter made it feel like were really going to have an actual kitchen.
New faucets and appliances.
The day the back splash tile was installed was the only time Daphne wasn't excited when she got home. The kitchen didn't look right, and she afraid that the color of tile that we had picked was a mistake.
Then we discovered that the wrong tile had been installed. You could see the relief wash over Daphne when she found out.
The wrong tiles were removed.
Drywall, again.
There! That's better.
Done!
Before:
The only member of our family that isn't excited with this project is Charlotte. She wants the old kitchen back. What??
We'll drive Char down to Grandpa's house if she is ever overcome with kitchen nostalgia. She can visit the old cabinets that are now in his garage.
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