July 22, 2019 – I decided my kitchen area desired a facelift. This all began simply because my dishwasher detergent cup no lengthier locks it broke in late June. The dishwasher was in the home when I bought it in 1995. It is likely 30 – 35 yrs aged so it was time to exchange it. I was just going to exchange the dishwasher nonetheless the past owners place a new tile floor in which blocks the dishwasher from currently being quickly changed. I was hardly ever information with my kitchen area the only do the job I have accomplished to it was to change the initial fall-in oven which did not perform when I purchased the home and the matching harvest gold exhaust hood was replaced with a white exhaust hood. I painted the partitions yellow in 1996. The oven I purchased in 1995 died in March 2018 so the oven is only a yr previous. I also changed the kitchen area faucet past August. I imagined about just keeping the faucet but made the decision to upgrade to a faucet with a pullout sprayer.
I engaged KitchenSaver to switch the cupboard doors and drawer fronts, countertop and sink. I want the kitchen to appear manufacturer new so employed a contractor to strip just about 100 several years truly worth of paint off the pantry and basement doors, door frames, window, window frame and sill and repaint the woodwork and walls. The contractor will also be putting in wood foundation considering that the foundation was taken out by a past owner. I am also installing a Subway tile white backsplash which will go up to the bottom of the wall cabinets and on either aspect of the window.
I am a retired architect and it was pleasurable getting back again into design. I realized specifically what I needed and took me no time at all to find every little thing.
I am heading with an Arts and Crafts oak cupboard and drawer fronts. The wood stain is almost a ideal match to the home woodwork and my household furniture. Door and drawer pulls are bronze/copper in the Arts and Crafts design.
I also purchased new light-weight fixtures for the kitchen and eating home both equally with a bronze end. KitchenSaver will be putting in five dimmable LED lights underneath the cabinets and over the sink.
I decided to insert a recycling/trash cupboard and pantry cupboard to fill in the lifeless room concerning the refrigerator and wall this necessitated the removal of the present quad outlet that the refrigerator is plugged into. (no outlet powering the fridge) In get to do any electrical function in my dwelling I experienced to provide the current electrical circuit breaker panel up to present codes. Which meant I needed to change the present electrical circuit breaker panel. I had a duplex outlet included driving the refrigerator. With the new circuit breaker panel I now can use the microwave oven and toaster oven at the same time. What a thought! I also changed the previous trend knob and tube mild switch which controls the basement light. The aged change terrified me and wasn’t risk-free.
New window treatments for the backdoor and window. I wasn’t equipped to discover a blind which matches the Sherwin Williams Indian White SW 1035 paint shade so I am going with a Levelor Cordless Cellular blind that is an precise match to the Sherwin Williams Koi Pond SW 7727 wall color.
A single previous advancement the contractor bought paint stripper on the existing oven exhaust hood so I changed the hood with a new black hood which matches the oven.
Posted by oxfordblues84 on 2019-08-19 22:18:53
Tagged: , kitchen renovation , renovation , paint stripping , hinges , door components , stripper
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