22 July 2009

Kitchen Remodel

If you're reading this there's a better than fair chance that you know that I've been talking about remodeling our kitchen & building new cabinets since we moved into our current house. I'm finally making some progress toward making this happen. Mind you, this is a BIG project and we still have a VERY long way to go but we have taken a couple of important steps.

Step 1 - Planning. Su & I have invested a lot of time and effort into designing a more efficient kitchen layout. Here's a example of the new design.
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Step 2 - Prepare materials. You may remember that we had a big white oak tree taken down a and sawed into lumber couple of years ago. The wood needed to dry before it could be used so I wasn't able to start milling it until this spring. It took far longer than expected but I now have the whole stack planed to the proper thickness.
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Many, many more steps to go but now it feels like we're making progress!

cheers - dj

p.s. - I also started a new Kitchen Remodel web page - take a look!

There is also a permanent link in the sidebar.

2 comments:

Rachel said...

Wow, you have gotten a lot done. I really like the 3-D model you made- it helps me visualize the finished product. It's going to be so pretty!

Katie said...

exciting! i've been patiently waiting for a post about the kitchen remodel :-) love the sketch up model, good idea. can't wait to see more!