Our Orange Oasis

The post below this one details on-going kitchen issues, but it’s interesting to compare the progress of this room. We built into the airshaft and scooted the whole kitchen over about 10 feet, elongating it to fit against one wall from its previous contorted and inefficient L-shape. We trashed the golden oak cabinets in favor of sleeker and lighter colored ash-veneered ikea cabinets. Cheap and poorly installed terra cotta tiles were replaced with recycled glass terrazzo tiles.

Chipped and water damaged formica counters were replaced with solid-surface silestone counters, enabling us to use an undermount sink for a cleaner look. We purchased a new stove, but kept it smaller so that we could have a cabinet with drawers–which we never had in our old kitchen. K-Construction absconded with the stainless steel panel for the dishwasher, which we kept from the previous kitchen–but now we need to find a new panel.