We replaced all of our cabinets, including in the bathrooms, with Conestoga’s solid maple cabinets in the shaker style. We also replaced the all-in-one range/microwave. So, we will start with a tour of the old kitchen. We had builder grade cabinets that had been painted, not by us, with a butcher block counter top and a soffit. The bathroom vanities had not been painted so you can see what the original color of the kitchen cabinets were. There used to be wallpaper on the soffit, but we took that down a couple years ago and that’s why you see some blemishes on it.
Our old kitchen complete with old cabinets and soffit!
Our old kitchen complete with old cabinets and soffit!
Our old kitchen complete with old cabinets and soffit!
My wife's old vanity. Large amount of countertop and large amount of wasted space underneath.
My old vanity.
The first things to come down were the wall cabinets and the soffit. I put up some plastic sheeting to prevent the cats from getting up into the ceiling and to catch any falling substances.
The kitchen without the soffit and wall cabinets.
The kitchen without the soffit and wall cabinets.
We also took out the bar, which left a little bit of wall damage, but nothing too serious.
The bar was not the easiest to take out.
Here we are stripped down to nothing! This was quite a site to see, luckily it didn’t last too long, the first wall cabinet went in shortly after the picture was taken.
No more cabinets in the kitchen!
My wife’s old vanity was taken out. We had to cut away some carpet because her vanity is much larger!
The old vanity has been taken out.
Skipping ahead to completion! It took a couple weeks to get the finishing touches done. We had a new kitchen sink, microwave and range put in, the cabinet pulls/handles to install and to re-hook up our water filter. For the counter top and back splash we used Wilsonart’s HD Laminate.
The cabinet over the fridge is freaking massive!
The back splash is the same as the counter top.
Another angle!
Looking down the line of cabinets.
My new vanity.
The mirror in the vanity is new too. We took out the huge old one and replaced it with a smaller one that swivels.
My wife's new vanity. The counter top is the same as the kitchen.
