The New and Improved Kitchen!
This is the old stove and counter. It really was a nice looking stove and it was too bad it couldn't have been repaired for less than $450. But it also was 33 years old!
I have to say I would never have gotten around to remodeling the kitchen if it hadn't been of a necessity. No working stove and no way to just easily replace the one I had-- being the driving factor. And the counter top convection oven just won't hold a turkey! :) Unless it was a little baby one, if I could find one that little.
The kitchen looked fine before I redid it. It wasn't that it didn't. It was just the problem with not being able to open the dishwasher if the stove had a door handle. You can't see from this picture, but on the right hand side of the stove, my dad had put a knob to open the door. It was hard to open the stove using one little knob.
Here is the built-in oven with the piece of metal that was behind the stove and the unfinished counter and back splash.
So the kitchen remodeling had to be done. Now I'm looking at the old yucky window that my mother hated and wanted to put in one of those....can't think of the name--like a greenhouse window, or whatever. Maybe some day.
Also, the back splash around the kitchen counter was coming apart, and both mom and dad, to give them both credit, had set a hot pan down on the counter at various times and so two burn spots were on the counter also. With putting in a built in stove since there was bare wood around the stove top, so the counters had to be redone. And the counter guy doesn't do back splashes, so the tile wall had to be redone. *sigh* He also pulled off the ugly metal piece that was behind the stove. As you can see from the 2nd picture, the metal piece didn't extend all the way to the new counter.
I didn't get a picture before, because I didn't know he was going to do it, but another thing I loved about the remodel was that he rounded all the corners, which is really nice and a nice safety feature. I also had the ground fault electric outlets put in to update the wiring. :)
Now, to figure out the window treatment. I may just put the shutters back up, but it would be nice to do something different... :) Note also bare light fixture, not sure what happened to the cover...before my time. :( There's also a missing light bulb. LOL Guess the place did need more work!
Later, though...
Right now, it's time to fix some corned beef, potatoes, carrots, and cabbage. Nice Irish meal on a very cold day! :)
Oh, and I was showing the guys the picture of the original house and how the man who built the shell had built a bomb shelter into it. Yep. Not a storm shelter, but he was certain WWIII was coming. So we talked about breaking up the bomb shelter, leveling out the floor, and giving me more than a walk space for my "office," which is all that it is right now... a hallway. Anyway, if I do it, they quoted me a really decent price. But it will still have to be later. I so wish mom and dad could see how nice things are looking!
Off to work some more on Seals...getting closer to being done. Really! :)
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
But I LOVE it! What do you all think?
I have to say I would never have gotten around to remodeling the kitchen if it hadn't been of a necessity. No working stove and no way to just easily replace the one I had-- being the driving factor. And the counter top convection oven just won't hold a turkey! :) Unless it was a little baby one, if I could find one that little.
The kitchen looked fine before I redid it. It wasn't that it didn't. It was just the problem with not being able to open the dishwasher if the stove had a door handle. You can't see from this picture, but on the right hand side of the stove, my dad had put a knob to open the door. It was hard to open the stove using one little knob.
Here is the built-in oven with the piece of metal that was behind the stove and the unfinished counter and back splash.
So the kitchen remodeling had to be done. Now I'm looking at the old yucky window that my mother hated and wanted to put in one of those....can't think of the name--like a greenhouse window, or whatever. Maybe some day.
Also, the back splash around the kitchen counter was coming apart, and both mom and dad, to give them both credit, had set a hot pan down on the counter at various times and so two burn spots were on the counter also. With putting in a built in stove since there was bare wood around the stove top, so the counters had to be redone. And the counter guy doesn't do back splashes, so the tile wall had to be redone. *sigh* He also pulled off the ugly metal piece that was behind the stove. As you can see from the 2nd picture, the metal piece didn't extend all the way to the new counter.
I didn't get a picture before, because I didn't know he was going to do it, but another thing I loved about the remodel was that he rounded all the corners, which is really nice and a nice safety feature. I also had the ground fault electric outlets put in to update the wiring. :)
Now, to figure out the window treatment. I may just put the shutters back up, but it would be nice to do something different... :) Note also bare light fixture, not sure what happened to the cover...before my time. :( There's also a missing light bulb. LOL Guess the place did need more work!
Later, though...
Right now, it's time to fix some corned beef, potatoes, carrots, and cabbage. Nice Irish meal on a very cold day! :)
Oh, and I was showing the guys the picture of the original house and how the man who built the shell had built a bomb shelter into it. Yep. Not a storm shelter, but he was certain WWIII was coming. So we talked about breaking up the bomb shelter, leveling out the floor, and giving me more than a walk space for my "office," which is all that it is right now... a hallway. Anyway, if I do it, they quoted me a really decent price. But it will still have to be later. I so wish mom and dad could see how nice things are looking!
Off to work some more on Seals...getting closer to being done. Really! :)
Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male."
www.terryspear.com
But I LOVE it! What do you all think?
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