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Bonus! on the Horsitivity Blog today.
Indoor riding arena construction is underway. Pictures
The Stockhausenwest Kitchen Experience
This is the page to share the spring 2010 kitchen remodel experience. The newest pictures are on the top for ease of use by frequent visitors. If you are just joining us, you might start down at the bottom and follow the story moving up.
The Final Product!
6/1/10 Range arrives and is raised up to match the countertops. Getting down to the wire now.
5/28/10 Crown molding goes in and the microwave.
Handles starting to go on.
5/25/10 My friend Tracey Pepper had very dirty hands from riding her horsie, and had to wash them!
5/25/10 Mudroom coming together, stool, sink and bench in place and working.
Fridge and dishwasher in place and working
5/24/10 Woohoo! Countertops!
No plumbing yet. The faucet is just sitting in there, which is why it looks a bit drunk...
The island!
5/24/10 New countertops arrive on the side of a van.
And now a word from our sponsors: 5/24/10 Happy Birthday Camie! Jay built you a new horsie shelter! Yay Jay!
5/20/10
A door goes i!. We'll so miss the plywood door we had for two weeks! ;-)
5/19/10 The tile pattern!
The tile is laid in, tomorrow the grout!
5/17/10 Upper cupboards go in. Cardboard on for protection during tomorrow's tiling project.
Fridge and dishwasher go in the spaces.
5/14/10 New west window goes in. Woohoo.
5/12/10 Measurement for countertop day. This is Matt and his $20,000+ laser measuring friend.
This is the outline of the countertops.
On the left in the square is a drawing of all the countertops in position.
On the right is how the patterns will be laid out on the slabs and cut.
(Basically, sophisticated cookie cutting...) ;-)
Island base goes in! The new sink is in the cardboard box and the new faucet is waving to you.
Cabinet bases with the appliance garage out front.
Cabinet bases with island bases in the foreground.
Color!
Fireplace with the new drywall textured and primed
May 5, drywall finished and nice low humidity weather to dry it up. Perfect!
Saturday May 1: Drywall Day!
Mudroom/bathroom actually starting to look like a room...
Looking east, larger opening to dining room allows morning light in.
Friday April 30: Insulation is your friend!
The outline of the tray ceiling coming into focus and some of the can lights go in.
The outline of the bathroom/mudroom gets framed in.
The single west window, which replaces the original two smaller ones, gets framed in.
The Tearout
The brick below is the original foundation, then there is the uninsulated crawlspace!
That is the tile floor in the basement that you are seeing.
The island was the first to go.
Views of temporary kitchen in the north room, with all the comforts of the original!
The original kitchen and bathroom
The south entrance. Love our redneck stained glass window?
Birds chirp as Jay and Peppa enjoy the morning ...
