Robin and Joel's Kitchen Remodel

Last update: Wed 23 June 2004
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My friend Bruce is also remodeling his kitchen

So what does the remodel project entail? The house we live in was built in 1922. When I bought the house in July 2001 the people who owned had lived there since 1940. The kitchen had not been updated. This meant a built in buffet with a small counter and a wall hung sink. Right before our wedding in September 2002 my Father and I replaced the sink with a two basin modern sink. Now we had counter, almost three feet!

We decided we needed a better layout. We went to the Metrodome to a small remodeling fair. We met Chuck Irmiter who does remodeling. He will be doing our work. His wife came over and measured and designed a new kitchen. We are also planning on putting a bathroom on the second floor. That way we will have one on the same floor that we sleep on.

The biggest problem with the kitchen was the placement of the refrigerator. They solved that by moving our existing door into the kitchen to create a corner for the fridge. We are moving the sink under a window on the side of the house and adding a dishwasher. The big dilemma was the built in buffet. It is very typical for houses in our area. Some houses have dining room buffets, some have kitchen buffets. Robin wanted a eating nook. We decided to take out the buffet and add a bay window for our nook. Don't worry about the buffet. We are using parts of it in our rear entry way.

[Since the project has been over for some time I will show the before and after pictures here. You can look over the progress by clicking on the links below.]