Ok, more than two months into the project and we are finally ready to install some cabinets. Garden Girl spent most of her free time this past week painting the entire room. For cabinets, they aways say to start with the wall cabinets first so you have room to work. This isn't quite as crucial with Ikea cabinets because the wall cabinets hang on a mounting rail that makes them really easy to hang and adjust. The base cabinets sit on levelable feet at the front and are supposed to rest on a strip of 5/8 MDF at the back 4.5 inches off the ground. Since we're planning quartz countertops, I've replaced this with 2x6 lumber ripped down to 4.5 inches and have added other reinforcement. There was about 1 cm of unlevelness in the floor, mostly in the first metre from the exterior wall, but otherwise the floor was fairly flat.
Here's the inside wall, which will eventually house the fridge, microwave and a computer. The pocket door pocket is almost finished, except for one side. Our house has a very 1962 style of drywall-only door frames and we're trying to match this with the the new work. Our fridge has been blocking the bedroom hallway for over two months with the kids room and bathroom on one side and our room on the other.
This is the wall between the kitchen and bathroom. The corner cabinets are showing off the first door and drawer front. The cabinet over the stove is missing because I haven't cut a hole in it or in the ceiling for the range hood exhaust. (I installed a vent when we had the roof replaced in 2005, thinking the kitchen was just a year away!) The plan is to keep the 1982 stove until it dies. Why? Because we like the analog oven controls.
The dishwasher is shown in its final location, but the penninsula it will be in, and its cabinets, haven't even been assembled yet. The sink cabinet under the window is next.
And here's that weird wedge shape again, with two wall cabinets above it and now nicely painted "mushroom cap" colour.
Finally, Garden Girl took a picture of her best outside drywall corner. Eventuall this wall will separate the fridge from the dining room.
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