My Bloomington Kitchen Remodel...page 1

Finally we bit the bullet and decided to remodel our kitchen, so I thought it would make great copy for this web log. We decided to do this for a few reasons:

1. The cabinetry was original circa 1960's though someone had refaced the cabinets with more oak


2. The floor plan of the kitchen was a bit odd with the refrigerator and cabinetry sticking out into the kitchen blocking full view of the back door


3. I hate the floor which is tile with huge and rough grout lines that are impossible to keep clean.

The look we are going for is "Ina Garten Comes to Bloomington". The new floor plan was created to achieve more space in the kitchen and make the back door more accessible. We chose to cut into another room for the additional space. I opted to cut into the room that we use as a music room, so the bare wall in the photo above will be removed and the refrigerator and some additional cabinetry will be set into the space.

Having lived through kitchen remodels several times, I am not looking forward to washing dished in the bathtub and eating delivery pizza several times a week. Our contractor, Brent Thompson of ABC Contracting has given us this timeline:

1. Start tomorrow, Monday, by tearing down the wall and starting work on building the new wall and inset for cabinetry
2. Next Monday, tear out the old cabinetry and install the new cabinetry
3. Three days after the new cabinetry is in place, the new counter tops will be installed.

This total project timeline is to take only three weeks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and memorizing the phone number for Pizza X.