Kitchen Beautification Project- Mission Accomplished!

For the last 5 days, we have been going through the final stages of the Kitchen Beautification Project. After weeks of preparation (new lighting, getting estimates, appliance shopping, tile selection, etc) we finally dove in. Instead of an update each day, I thought I'd post everything at once for a better idea of how it all went.

I can't tell you how great our contractor Jose is. I would recommend him to anyone considering a renovation of any kind. He owns City Painting & Renovation, Inc. and can be reached at (240) 476-7342 or by E-mail: citypainting@aol.com

Kitchen Beautification Project, Day One:

Today the workmen started on our place. They removed all of our appliances and ripped out the linoleum floor in the kitchen as well as the closet and laundry area.







They laid a new sub floor and spaced out the new ceramic tiles in both rooms. Because we aren’t getting the new appliances until the end of the week, the old ones are kind of strewn about our place awaiting haul away.



The washing machine is in our hallway and the dryer is in our bedroom, the stove and dishwasher are in our dining room and the fridge (the only appliance still plugged in and working) is in the living room.





Before Pesach, I had already relocated all of the kitchen appliances, pots, pans, utensils, stemware, cleaning products, etc into the second bedroom- so now our place is officially a complete disaster. The good news is that I didn’t have to even get up off the couch to reach inside the fridge for a bottle of water last night while watching Idol. The bad news is I think poor Jerry is very confused.

Kitchen Beautification Project, Day Two:

Today the workmen grouted the tile and finished the floor in the closet and laundry area. They also replaced our kitchen sink and faucet, and installed our new granite counter tops!




The washing machine and dryer are back in the right place, and we have reclaimed our bedroom. I learned what shoe molding is (goes around the bottom of the wall above the floor) and that you should ‘seal’ your granite every three months.




Kitchen Beautification Project, Day Three:

Today the workmen finished grouting and sealing the tile in the kitchen, and installed shoe molding to the kitchen and closet floors. They also painted and put up the molding underneath the granite counters.




Kitchen Beautification Project, Day Four:

Happy Appliance Delivery Day! Today we had our new microwave, range, fridge and dishwasher delivered. Jose also put new double doors on the laundry and storage closet. First came the microwave...



then the range and fridge...





and finally, the dishwasher.



I can't believe this whole thing took less than a week- it doesn't even look like the same room! We have successfully completed our first major home improvement and couldn't be happier with the results. (Now I have to learn how all these new things work!)


ta-da!



before and after