We resumed the effort in the summer of 2023 when Andrea contacted and interviewed three contractors. We settled on Mark who said he could be done in three weeks if we started the week before Thanksgiving. We did and it came in on budget in four weeks, just in time to throw a Christmas party on Friday the 22nd.
An aluminum awning with no rain gutter.
Walking home, we stopped at Adele's house to see her setup. I like the bar for hanging clothes hangers.
A water heater closet outdoors, too.
Stone, etc., countertop material was downstairs.
Andrea liked the Thermador refrigerator ($5k) at Ferguson.
Pacific Source was also helpful. They had a Jackson Pollock style painting, barely visible in the back right.
Looking at ceramic floor tiles. We ended up with tiles from Pacific Source.
This is the natural wood cabinet door we decided on. Eventually we went for painted gray cabinets from C&C Cabinets.
A flat (slightly sloped) platform for the washer and dryer.
It continued to rain lightly all night and morning. Photo by Andrea.
New power outlets installed on Monday the 20th. Kalena the electrician said Mark will have the living room ceiling damage repaired.
He lowered the drain pipe running under the kitchen stairs.
A last check of the emptied kitchen before demolition begins. Photo by Andrea.
The outside eave extension began yesterday. Photo by Andrea.
11:33 AM on Wednesday morning, the 29th. Just a reminder that you can break eggs without making an omelette.
11:34 AM on Wednesday morning, the 29th.
Andrea made dinner on the portable inductive cooktop in the living room Wednesday evening. Click the image to see the full size version.
December 5: Putting the glass into the cabinet doors.
Working on the cabinets over the dishwasher space.
On Wednesday the electrician installed the under-cabinet lights, the plumber routed the icemaker water line, and the
cabinet doors and handles were installed.
The kitchen counter people came and worked all day.
Looking at the work so far. Photo by Andrea.
The new sink. Photo by Andrea.
Friday Andrea found a nice Christmas tree at the Habilitat lot.
We were still living out of our living room as the kitchen remodel nears completion. Punch list is shrinking.
Andrea assembled her new drainboard dishrack on Friday morning, December 16.
There!
On Monday the 18th I painted the pegboard for the kitchen. Photo by Andrea.
On Tuesday the 19th I installed the pegboard. Perspective corrected image, click it for the full resolution version.
The kitchen is complete on Tuesday the 19th. Photo by Andrea.
The pegboard with hooks and pots. Photo by Andrea.
The kitchen early Wednesday morning. Pau! Photo by Andrea.
The completed laundry space on Christmas morning.
I cut out the pegboards with a circular saw and painted them light gray on both sides.
I started with yellow with flat black and red with flat black.
Next were brown with flat white, green with flat white, and International Andrea Green Blue. I finished with flat black and flat white.
Putting it up by the cooktop. Photo by Andrea.
I also got a small one by the coffee corner. Photo by Andrea.
Andrea after putting up some pans and things.
That gave her more space on the first and main pegboard.
Ta da!
On Saturday the 30th Andrea started setting tile to the right of the dryer. Before shot.
Another before shot.
Finished the next day on New Year's Eve.
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