I fondly remember my kitchen in Texas. It was about 20 x20 with an attached pantry (8x10), laundry room (6 x10) and 1/2 bathroom. It was gigantic- bigger than my living room in this house. My kitchen now, well, it just frustrates me to no end. It is 8ft wide and 9 ft long. I do have an attached pantry (about 5 ft wide and 7ft deep) which is the only reason we could even buy this house!
This past year we have taken the area next to the kitchen (about 8x9) and started moving the kitchen-foot by foot- into that space. This spot used to be a dining area ( we think) but we used it as a hallway for the first 4 years- as it connects the front dining room to the living room and it makes no sense to me to put a table in a walkway. We installed the bar height butcher block table (about 5ft long and 3 ft wide)on the far wall last Christmas . This year we extended the kitchen one foot into the area from the actual kitchen side.
The kitchen ended with the stove. Not a good thing with a small boy child. The cabinets on the other side end 6 inches before the door frame. First we bought a small, butcher block rolling table from IKEA for 50 bucks, and then my Mr. bought a 12 inch cabinet from a co worker when she re did her kitchen (20 bucks). We also found a small butcher block countertop at a garage sale for 3 bucks (unused). We used a majority of the countertop in the original part of the kitchen by the stove, but had enough left over that (with a frame around it) that it could be used on the new kitchen cabinet that we installed this holiday. We put bead board as a skin on the new cabinet. We also had to fix the floor and bring out the kitchen floor one more foot. There is still some work to be done ( a large pole behind the cabinet for one thing) but here are the pictures.
This past year we have taken the area next to the kitchen (about 8x9) and started moving the kitchen-foot by foot- into that space. This spot used to be a dining area ( we think) but we used it as a hallway for the first 4 years- as it connects the front dining room to the living room and it makes no sense to me to put a table in a walkway. We installed the bar height butcher block table (about 5ft long and 3 ft wide)on the far wall last Christmas . This year we extended the kitchen one foot into the area from the actual kitchen side.
The kitchen ended with the stove. Not a good thing with a small boy child. The cabinets on the other side end 6 inches before the door frame. First we bought a small, butcher block rolling table from IKEA for 50 bucks, and then my Mr. bought a 12 inch cabinet from a co worker when she re did her kitchen (20 bucks). We also found a small butcher block countertop at a garage sale for 3 bucks (unused). We used a majority of the countertop in the original part of the kitchen by the stove, but had enough left over that (with a frame around it) that it could be used on the new kitchen cabinet that we installed this holiday. We put bead board as a skin on the new cabinet. We also had to fix the floor and bring out the kitchen floor one more foot. There is still some work to be done ( a large pole behind the cabinet for one thing) but here are the pictures.
Before-
Yucky- behind the stove and removing the floor...
new underfloor
new tile area....
installing the cabinet
after it was beadboarded, the top installed and I primed it- from the back-the missing post etc.. goes back here up the wall (so imagine it right now!)
From the front....
Now to just finish painting the kitchen....
2 comments:
VERY nice! That's one of the best feet ever.
Well done! I hadn't seen this before--it was linked from the utensil drawer clean out post.
I bet you've been happy every day since you did this.
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