Author Archives: Jim Gotwald

Building and hanging the cabinets (7/4 – 7/29)

Oven cabinet under construction

Oven cabinet under construction

Cabinets for the oven wall

Cabinets for the oven wall

Lily can't figure it out

Lily can’t figure it out

Cabinets all hung on the oven side

Cabinets all hung on the oven side

Base cabinets in the "cubby"

Base cabinets in the “cubby”

First try at the range hood cabinet.

First try at the range hood cabinet.

Range hood cabinet removed - it was too tall!

Range hood cabinet removed – it was too tall!

Jim is wiring the wall oven.

Jim is wiring the wall oven.

Range hood cabinet completed

Range hood cabinet completed

Lots of cabinets ready to be installed

Lots of cabinets ready to be installed

Ready for the Carousel and Cooktop cabinets

Ready for the Carousel and Cooktop cabinets

What's so funny?

What’s so funny?

Newly placed plumbing before the sink cabinet goes in

Newly placed plumbing before the sink cabinet goes in

Carousel installed

Carousel installed

The new sink cabinet in place and the under-sink supply plumbing done!

The new sink cabinet in place and the under-sink supply plumbing done!

A lot of clean-up has been done

A lot of clean-up has been done

Still need the toe-kick

Still need the toe-kick

The deconstruction process (4/2 thru 4/21)

more deconstruction.

more deconstruction.

One more cabinet to go on that wall

One more cabinet to go on that wall

Wall cabinets gone

Wall cabinets gone

Removing the carousel

Removing the carousel

So, apparently there was carpeting and linoleum in the kitchen area based on what we found under the wood laminate.

So, apparently there was carpeting and linoleum in the kitchen area based on what we found under the wood laminate.

Lily trying to make sense of the floor!

Lily trying to make sense of the floor!

Got the laminate up, now for the vinyl!

Got the laminate up, now for the vinyl!

The pantry framing

The pantry framing

And now the pantry is no more!

And now the pantry is no more!

Insulation between the kitchen and the office

Insulation between the kitchen and the office

Another angle

Another angle

Yet another angle

Yet another angle

Still another angle

Still another angle

Disassembling the pantry

Disassembling the pantry

The pantry

The pantry

So much for the sink!

So much for the sink!

Almost gone!

Almost gone!

Gotta disassemble this in pieces!

Gotta disassemble this in pieces!

More deconstruction

More deconstruction