After removing the last cabinet, my kitchen-vision went from fuzzy, little-nervous-but-not-going-to-say-anything to crystal clear and confident. And although you might think I’m a crazy lady saying it, I can finally get behind all the demo and see where we’re headed.
If you can look past the missing cabinet doors and the exposed, cardboard-like drywall, you’ll be able to see how that last cabinet was holding us back 50 years. Add a little trim, crown moulding, new paint, new tile and fixture and this becomes a brand new kitchen.
As for what’s next? A lady knows when to hire out and despite the fact that money will be flying away I can rest assured that it will be minimal, it will ensure quality and it will be going to a good place because I do adore my handyman, Juan.
We’re going to move the vent hood over 6″, the gas line down a few inches, rip out the tile on the window wall/hang up new drywall, and then I can do the tile-over-tile sheets for the rest.
What we’ll have now is a very modern wall, dedicated to cabinet-to-ceiling subway tiles + chimney style vent hood + window. Yes, we did get rid of storage, but it was the right design/work-flow decision. We’ll have to work extra hard in the neighboring closets to create additional appliance storage.
One way to provide more shelf space is to add a few rungs of exposed shelving to the left of the wall-unit pictured below. These shelves will also help visually tie the two units (upper and lower) together.
