A Kitchen Remodel ~ Come on along!

Over the years I have collected so many kitchen inspiration pictures.

Some are still in magazines with the ears turned down,

many torn out and kept in folders,

others are stored as pictures on my computer,

and of course there are tons categorized on Pinterest...

This one was chosen because the doors are open wide, to welcome YOU to come along on our kitchen remodel journey...

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Our kitchen remodel has been in the planning stages for a good while now.
One of the biggest dilemmas has been where the new kitchen should be located.

We have three options:

1)  incorporate our current kitchen with the den right beside it for a kitchen/keeping room.

2) relocate the new kitchen down in the great room

3) tear out the downstairs bath, guest room and hallway to incorporate these spaces with our current kitchen area.  This option would mean turning our current living room into the new guest room and bath and I'm not sure that seeing a bedroom at the entry of our home is the look I'm going for.

There has been much agonizing about which option to choose,
and now that we have decided where the new kitchen will be located,
we are ready to get things rolling...yippee!

These views are from the great room…

This view is from the dining room…

This view is from the guest bedroom hallway.
If you look past the refrigerator
you will see the den
and the doorway leading to the laundry room…

As you can see our kitchen is small.
You may have noticed that there are doorways on all 4 walls,
so there is very little counter space and not enough storage.

The appliances are old!
Our stove is always 15-20 degrees off,
we have a two drawer dishwasher and one of the drawers doesn't work,
and our 1990 fridge is rusting.

So which of the three options did we choose?  Option #1.
We will totally gut the kitchen and the den for a large kitchen/keeping room.

The den has a large front window,
doorway to the laundry and exercise room,
and a fireplace flanked between an entry door and window,
so this space should make for a great new kitchen!

Here is the den...

   

These drawings are done in a table on my computer, so it's not the best
but gives an idea of the dimensions and layout for this project.

This is our current kitchen and den...

The wall between the kitchen and den, marked with a red "X", will be removed…

In the old kitchen area our plan is to gut the room.
We will have a large kitchen table and chairs for an eating area
and will add a hutch or two where the sink and oven are currently located.

In the old den area we plan on cabinetry lining the parameter walls,
a farm style apron sink will be located at the front window,
an island in the middle with a prep sink and seating for four,
and hopefully just in front of the fireplace there will be room for
two comfy chairs swivel rockers and a small table!

There is so much to consider...

Which appliances?
White or Cherry cabinets?
Which sinks, faucets, lighting, counter top material, and it goes on and on...
One thing we know for sure,
we have loved having Brazilian cherry wood floors in the kitchen,
so we will incorporate these in the new kitchen too!

If you have remodeled a kitchen
OR
haven't remodeled but know the changes you would like to make in your current kitchen, I would love to hear your thoughts!

Hope you’ll follow along on our kitchen remodel journey!

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