Kitchen Remodel

So in August of 2010, I moved from Jasper to Montgomery, AL.  I live in my great-grandmother's house and the last few years my grandmother lived in the house, it fell into a slight amount of disrepair.  I had turned the dishwasher on to run overnight and when I came out into the kitchen the next morning, the kitchen had some serious flooding.  The dishwasher was just dumping water onto the floor.  Here begins my journey of having the kitchen and back porch remodeled.

Over the past few months, new appliances have been bought (some even installed), new granite countertops and a new kitchen sink were installed, and over the past 2 weeks the new slate floor and back splash were installed.

This week, they've started the prep work for painting (scraping and caulking) and next week, they will hopefully start painting.

Then all that's left is the install of the stainless steel back splash behind the stove, the re-installation of my range hood, new light fixture, and then finally the plumber comes to install my NEW dishwasher, which has been sitting in my dining room since probably November and I get my disposal hooked up again.

I'm hoping for it to be all done by the first week of April, but we'll just have to see how things go.

All of this is the reason I haven't cooked in FOREVER!  My stove has been in the living room for 2 weeks and will probably be there another 2.  I'm hating it!  I may have to bust out the crock pot lasagna recipe I have.

 

Old Fridge

 

New Fridge

 

There was a small office created by this wall on the back porch that my grandfather used, but it was really too small to do anything productive in and since it's not attached at the ceiling, i thought demo'ing it would be pretty easy and would create a lot more natural light (There are two windows behind the wall).  Mom agreed and since she owns the house that was kind of a big part.  So down came the wall!

 

And it's now one of my favorite spaces in the house!

 

Cleared out all the office stuff and got my "new" washer and dryer! 

 

...which, along with the stove, were residing in the living room. 

 

The new slate floor being laid down.  The white specks are the spacers

 

The back porch bathroom waiting for the new toilet to be installed. 

 

Back porch slate, laid, grouted and sealed!

 

The back porch stairs that lead out to the breezeway and garage. 

  

The wood facing has been painted to match the slate. 

The kitchen after the install of the new stove, countertops and cracks in the plaster walls have been spackled.  

 

The hole where my stove used to be.  But you can see the new countertops and how jacked up the old floor was. 

 

The new sink (a single bowl) and back splash.

 

Close up of the back splash

 

Before they could lay the slate on the kitchen floor, they had to put down a leveling agent.

 

Starting to grout the kitchen floor.

The finished floor.

 

Tybee enjoying the new floor!

More photos as the remodel progresses!