Ten years ago in March, 2006 we began our house renovation. Since we did a renovation of our home in Illinois, Art felt we could do it again. He neglected to remember that we were 20 years younger at the time.
Ah well... we're nearing completion now. Our goal is to be done by the end of this year.
I'm looking back now at photos of that construction progress. It makes me sigh to look at these photos of our kitchen. Since we would now be living with mom, we knew we needed a bigger kitchen.
The original kitchen was very small and combined the kitchen and dining room. We turned the entire area into a larger kitchen.
The first thing we did was to take away that center eating/storage cabinet and moved the refrigerator to the wall after moving out the stove.
We moved the stove to the opposite wall in what used to be the dining room and put the main sink next to the window so we could have more sunlight.
My cousin, Arnold then arrived to help us install the cabinets.
Our son, Keola had also arrived from the mainland to help us with our building project.
My brother, Dennis was always there helping with tile work, etc.
There was so much work to do, so many little details to get the house finished.
It amazes me to look back.
It makes me smile.
It makes me promise never to do this again!
Ah well... we're nearing completion now. Our goal is to be done by the end of this year.
The original kitchen was very small and combined the kitchen and dining room. We turned the entire area into a larger kitchen.
The first thing we did was to take away that center eating/storage cabinet and moved the refrigerator to the wall after moving out the stove.
We moved the stove to the opposite wall in what used to be the dining room and put the main sink next to the window so we could have more sunlight.
My cousin, Arnold then arrived to help us install the cabinets.
Our son, Keola had also arrived from the mainland to help us with our building project.
My brother, Dennis was always there helping with tile work, etc.
There was so much work to do, so many little details to get the house finished.
It amazes me to look back.
It makes me smile.
It makes me promise never to do this again!
What a wonderful kitchen you have, created by family for family. I love it, Kay, and I know you'll be finished by the end of the year. Thought of you all yesterday when I went to visit the tulips. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou created a beautiful kitchen that's light, airy, and very usable. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWow. I remember the emailed project reports of the works in progress, before there was a blog. Back then, and since then, and today I've been in awe of how much you guys know how to do and actually do DO!
ReplyDeleteHere's to a successful completion of it all in 2016.
Kay kitchen looks fantastic
ReplyDeleteThe kitchen looks wonderful. It is always hard to live among the mess when you are remodeling.
ReplyDeleteOh I'm promising myself to NEVER do that! Though I admire you
ReplyDeleteThere does indeed come a time in life to leave this kind of stuff behind.
ReplyDeletewhen i redid my kitchen i had to cook in the garage for months. you guys did a wonderful job!
ReplyDeleteThe bathroom became our kitchen for many months.
DeleteAbsolutely beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteAn award to such a talented and hardworking couple. AND you are still married!!
ReplyDeleteIt's just lovely! You both did such a wonderful professional looking job!
ReplyDeleteBeen there, done that, don't care to do it EVER again. Your home looks beautiful.
ReplyDeletewonderful job, beautiful kitchen! It's great to be handy like that.
ReplyDeleteLooks great - totally worth the "pain"!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a project and such an amazing amount of money you saved not hiring it out. Wonderful results and great that you had family that was willing to help.
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful land so useful. When my husband remodels I try to hide!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks great. You all really worked hard... I'm not sure we could/would ever attempt to do anything like this --but the end product makes it worth it I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Betsy
What a beautiful reno. Somebody had some great ideas come out of their head.
ReplyDeletejust think of all the money you saved by doing it yourself...lol!
ReplyDeleteKitchen is lovely. You can certainly be pleased with the results of your labor.
ReplyDeleteIt must be so satisfying to complete a big and important job. You are fortunate to have the talent and willingness in your family to take on something like that. It looks so inviting.
ReplyDeleteit looks beautiful, I have heard that renovations are one of the most stressful things to go through!
ReplyDeleteOh yes... It did have its moments of stress! That's for sure. I have a post that is scheduled about Art's accident.
DeleteYou guys are amazing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful results! We are just deciding now how much we want to take on in a home at this stage of our lives. The consensus: not much!
ReplyDeleteI hate any kind of disrpution in my home. I'd rather live with it the way it is. But we do have to attend to the basic stuff. We did get the kitchen partly repainted recently, and Terry has put some flooring in the basement.
ReplyDeleteI really don't have what it takes for those big projects,so it's lucky we know people who are good at home renovation projects. A lot of them are our friends!
It was a huge project. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteWe aren't going to reno again. We just cannot afford it!