The delivery guys brought the kitchen in the morning, and the carpenter came to install in the afternoon, I didn't get to the house until last night around 5, and I must say, I was totally impressed with what I found.
And of course, we had to take cheesy photos of us in the kitchen:
But the breakfast wall is pretty much installed:
What was super-exciting here is that the cabinets under the appliances all have roll-out shelves. I love the thought that the shelves can roll out because there is nothing I can stand less than cabinets that you have to root through to find things. This is so exciting!
I also had to tour our living room, because it was full of goodies:
Here are a few of the more exciting components:
The top picture is our range hood, and the bottom is our farmhouse sink!
I also snapped a picture of the makeshift workshop the carpenter set up in the dining room. Pretty cool!
We did have a mini-problem though. There is a visual break at the end of the kitchen on the side of the "breakfast wall," and a cork line between the kitchen floor and dining room floor. The problem is that this creates a very easy to see "end" of the kitchen. But, there was a cabinet that went beyond this line, on the opposite "window wall," which looked like we had a cabinet spilling into the dining room. Plus, we weren't sure if it would be taking up too much room in the dining area.
We brought up our concern with the carpenter, who offered to go with us to pick up the dining table, so that we could make a best-informed decision as to wether or not to nix the extra cabinet.
We brought up our concern with the carpenter, who offered to go with us to pick up the dining table, so that we could make a best-informed decision as to wether or not to nix the extra cabinet.
We were impressed that the table does fit nicely. But, that little white cabinet next to the dishwasher just felt like it was "creeping in" to the dining area. We decided to nix it, which left us with a new dilema:
We're not entirely certain what to do with the extra wall space past the dishwasher. Of course, the side of the dishwasher will get covered, and the countertop will end at the end of the dishwasher, but now we have this little wall. Here's what we're considering:
1. Remove the extra tiles, and just paint.
2. Put a glass plate on the wall to cover the wall and prevent splashes on the wall.
3. Install a slab of granite on the wall that matches the countertops. Hmm, this isn't my favorite choice.
4. My new thought today: build a mini- wall out of drywall along the side of the dishwasher. We would then remove the tile and it would make the dining area look a little more like a room. We would also make the wall a little higher than the countertop, creating a definite end, and protecting the other side of the wall from splashes.
We need to decide in the next few hours what to do, because the plaster guys are coming today and tomorrow to finish up. Oy!
We need to decide in the next few hours what to do, because the plaster guys are coming today and tomorrow to finish up. Oy!
2 comments:
hallo,schwierige Entscheidung, aber ich würde nur streichen da du an die freie Stelle später einen Babystuhl oder einen normalen Stuhl stellen kannst. Da durch den Babystuhl immer ein Stuhl zuviel ist. Anderseits wenn du die Fliesen entfernst sieht es dann noch harmonisch aus wenn nur ein Teil der Wand gefliest ist? Oder du machst den Korpus aus Trockenbau wie du beschrieben hast aber so, daß eine Lücke bleibt in die du ein fahrbares Regal reinstellen kannst, ein Tisch ist immer zu klein :) und an euerem geliebten Thanksgiving fährst du dann den Wagen raus und auf dem Wagen kann Jörn [wo ist sein Bart gefiel Wolfgang und mir :(] den Turkey tranchieren. Viel Spaß beim grübeln wünscht Madeleine
Thank you Madeleine!
First of all, I promise to do this more formally, but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GIFT! The sign will fit perfectly into our house, and the baby things are precious! Even the little clip says "Erbse!" That is too adorable, and brought a few happy tears to my eyes, because they're all so adorable! You two are so kind :)
Thank you too for your ideas with the house. I didn't even think about the Babystuhl! Of course we need a space to put that when we're not using it! Smart girl :)
When we're done using it, then, we can always put a little cart there for our Thanksgiving turkey. I can just picture Joern wheeling out a cart with a huge turkey- Joern would LOVE this!
We're going to build the little wall with Trockenbau- and put tiles into the corner in the kitchen, so that my big piggy (Joern) cannot make any messes on the dining room wall :)
Thank you again for your fantastic idea and your very thoughtful gift!
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