Kitchen Plans

The busiest week ever for us on Lot 4! Our Saturday began with a meeting with George to finalize the plans on the kitchen and bathrooms (a couple of small changes in the kitchen and a whole new plan for the master bathroom), followed by a couple of hours making final decisions on all of the tiling (I'll go over that in the next post). Then on to the house to see the siding - the colors are perfect! And a couple of hours with John. Meet John, the electrician. John's the type of guy who says "no problem" alot. I love it. And when we said "we have no idea what to do here..." he quickly came up with great suggestions. A quick walk-through with Mike (plumbing is mostly done, the upstairs tub is installed and half a dozen other tasks are completed). Then on to Sears to buy our appliances.

I can't wait to show off the kitchen!

This view of the kitchen is from the great room. We'd originally planned on no upper cabinets to show off the beautiful windows but George came up with a plan we loved. The two cabinets flanking the windows are only 12" deep. It then steps up to a taller corner cabinet and steps back down to 12" cabinets again on the side walls. It gives a panoramic effect to the view and really showcases the windows (and the view of the future side gardens). It also dramatically increases the storage space!

The rightmost wall contains the cooktop and the oven tower with the built in oven and a shelf above it to hold the microwave. Beyond that are triple sliders to the deck and the area for a dining table. The area below the range hood will be a stone backsplash which I will show in the next posting.

Here is the left wall. Actually this photo only shows the cabinetry. There are actually two doorways between these two pieces; to the right the doorway into the laundry and on to the garage, and on the left side of that the doorway into the library. A narrow wall separates the two doors. Our fridge will have french doors. I love the pantry along the fridge!