I know we've been talking about this for a while, but we are finally really knee-deep into the process of remodeling our kitchen. I'll post about each step individually in more detail, but for now, I wanted to post a list of all the steps we've been taking and still need to complete in order to finish this entire project! It definitely takes a lot of time and energy, but I know it will be worth it.
1. First of all, we had to come up with a kitchen design.
2. Pick out kitchen cabinets. The hardware can essentially come later, but needs to be done at some point too.
3. Buy new appliances. This needs to be done in order to measure correctly for the cabinetry.
4. Find contractor(s). J and I are working as the general contractors, but we needed to find people to do the actual work. I wrote about this step
here.
5. We figured since we would be replacing our cabinets with taller ones that go up to the ceiling, we needed to scrape the popcorn off the ceilings and of course repaint.
6. Pick out granite for the counter tops.
7. Pick out tile back splash.
8. Choose new sink and faucet. We are going to keep our current garbage disposal and let it run it's course.
9. Decide on whether or not we are getting new lighting fixtures and get an electrician for some other minor electrical changes.
10. Speak with phone company to see about adding a new phone jack. We changed things when doing the design and need to make sure that what we planned will actually work.
11. Empty all of the current kitchen cabinets to get ready for demolition. What a job!!!
12. DEMOLITION
13. Install the new cabinets, reconnect all of the appliances, sink and counter top installation.
14. Putting it all back together........
Stay tuned for photos and updates.