Current Kitchen View
Current Kitchen View
Now, ideally we want to knock out a wall and open the whole 2nd level (of the 4 level split), but for this year that scope is out of the question. This year's project is the 1st level pink bathroom I mentioned before. However an opportunity has presented itself to redo the kitchen on the cheap with a scope that requires a lot less structural work. This reno is meant to pull the galley style kitchen into something to at least this century.
There are two things that will allow this renovation to happen.
Cabinets - My parents are redoing there kitchen and all of there 10 year old modular white cabinets are up for grabs.
Another house's kitchen - In my community of Chinook park there are a lot of houses that are the same configuration as my house, and a few that are on the market. We found a few pics of the kitchens of some of these places online and with one that we liked, we went and checked it out. My wife and I like the configuration of this place's kitchen
Other house's kitchen
So we measured, took pictures and documented that kitchen and I decided that pending a few added, and a few less details, I am going to build exactly that kitchen in my house using the free cabinets.
Here is the design scope for this project
- Configure the kitchen using the free modular cabinets from parents.
- Design to accommodate new cooking range (induction), refrigerator and dishwasher in terms of size, plumbing and wiring. This appliances can be purchased and installed at a later date.
- Permanent Hood Fan is to be installed
- Flooring will be updated with new linoleum in kitchen and mudroom until whole level is updated with in-floor heating and engineered flooring.
- Vegetable sink on the opposite wall from the sink to be considered
- Larger size Kitchen sink and new faucet to be installed
- New lighting will be required
- Utilities will need to be moved to accomodate new configuration
Here are some of the design limitations for this project
- Have to design so that when we open up the 2nd level, that we can pull out the cabinets and reconfigure them into an island.
- This means we need cheap countertops installed in the interim until this scope can be done. After the walls are down all new quartz countertops will be installed kitchen wide
- Temporary countertops means I can't finish the backsplash, need a cheap interim option in the meantime
- Limit need to build new cabinets as much as possible
