2009 August 13

Project Background

Erin and Joel have a cute little house in a lovely development. It’s approximately 7 years old and sits on a nice sized lot.  They have been blessed with two children and now are feeling very crowded in this home.  Making the decision to put the house on the market has not been an easy one in the present economy and while the home has been maintained very well, it is not much different than several others in the developement which are also for sale.They have been hard at work to put some “WOW” factor into their home by repainting, curb appeal touches, hardwood flooring in the dining room/hall and have decided to upgrade the kitchen from a modest amount of   entry level thermofoil cabinets to  custom wood cabinets,  re-configering the space to maximize the amount of cabinets and then to finish off with solid surface counter-tops.  The appliances will stay the same with exception of the new microwave oven above the stove.

Erin and Joel tackled ripping up the old vinyl flooring and installed ceramic tile.  Never having done anything like this before, they watched some videos, made numerous calls to MastercraftsmenKen (aka Daddy) and over the course of a weekend, did an outstanding job.

We hope you will follow and enjoy the story of this kitchen redo.

The Baker’s Unit

This is what we refer to as the refrigerator wall.  The pantry will be torn out and    the and the refrigerator will be moved to the corner.  This will allow for 8′ of counter/base cabinets.  Erin will have 4 nice sized drawers instead of two.  The upper cabinets will be removed and new ones will be installed to fill in the space.  The cabinet above the refrigerator will be as deep as the appliance, and the cabinets will go to the ceiling.   Even though she is loosing the pantry ( with non adjustable shelves and wasted space) she will end up with more efficient usable space for all the things she stored in the pantry.

These are the drawer fronts and cabinet doors for the baker’s unit base.  The custom color is called Cinnamon on maple.  Also shown is the first half of the 8′ bank of base cabinets.  All the bases are lined with a plastic  laminated liner for easy clean-up.