Kitchen Renovation Update

Here are a few more after photos from the kitchen renovation.

Double dishwashers.  Enough said.

These babies have been the the most reliable appliance purchases from the group of over $xx,xxx worth of appliances we selected.  They don't complain (whisper quiet) and they are always willing to lend a hand (washing dishes).

Our Viking range died on us about 1 month into installation.  No kidding.  I called Viking and they directed me to a local repair shop.  That shop showed up the following morning and repaired the stove on site.  The repair-man had the part in his car, so there was no delay.  Even if the overpriced  ranged crapped out on us after 1 month of use, the service was impeccable.  So I guess we can still rely on it.  It's still pretty in a industrial kinda way.

Our Kitchen Aid steam injected stove got really rowdy on us this month.  The fan was REALLY loud.  Let me start by saying, that oven is general is very needy.  After using the microwave, it always requires feedback..."need more time?, keep warm?, make me a coffee!"  Kidding about the coffee.  Anyways, it's needy and wants you to push buttons after it has completed it's job.  It really needs recognition for it's work.

Anyways, it got really loud.  Like "Can you folks hear me upstairs?  I'm down here baking your cake and no-one is here to watch!"

I ignored it at first.  Like I do my children when they are whining.

Then it got louder.  My husband complained it was too noisy.

So I called Kitchen Aid and they sent someone the very next morning.  Both the fans were defective.  But the repair-man did not have a magic truck that had all the parts needed to fix it.  We are waiting for that part to come it.   It's been a week, and the oven is still whining... A bit louder now.  I'm just sayin' Kitchen Aid.

Here are a few more photos of him. (Since he's needy and needs the attention).

He said this was his good side.

Kitchen Renovation - After Pictures

The renovation is 95% complete. We are left with those miscellaneous odds and ends that no one wants to claim responsibility for, and of course there is the floor that will need to be sanded down to bare wood, stained, buffed and varnished ALL OVER AGAIN.  More on that later.  For now, here are the before & after photos.

You can see we had to keep the opening on the left and right side of the photos the same.  The kitchen spans the entire width.

  

The cooking and refrigeration side.

This shows the drastic change we made.  The wall in the before photos has been torn down.  The window on the far left is the same window.

Another before photo.  The window is in the same place in the before photo as they are after the renovation.

The stove in this before photos is in the same position, but stove itself is brand new.

The beverage centre is home to the beer and wine fridge, coffee machine and breakfast food.

 Here is the before..

And the after...

Another before and after...the dishwasher are almost in the same position as before. Only now we have two.

Before...

And after...