View into the new kitchen from the hall entrance.
Like a big puzzle, the cabinets are coming together.
It’s hard to imagine our island like this. Currently it’s just a collection of freestanding cabinets in the middle of the room with nothing to link them together (other than sticks for leveling.) Kitchen design is very complex. Luckily our good friend and kitchen designer Joey Olson helped us figure it all out. Appliances can’t support the burden of a slab, so you have to space them out between weight-bearing cabinets. On the front left, you can see the back of what will be a liquor cabinet. In the center is a drawer cabinet which will hold food prep items like cutting boards, small bowls, and big sharp knives! At the far end of the island, there is the prep sink cabinet, opposite a small bookshelf for cookbooks facing the seating side. When it all comes together, the island will serve as a primary food prep area, but a bar as well. (Icemaker and beverage refrigerator tuck underneath on either side of those prep drawers.
A dishwasher will fill the empty spot beneath the window, just to the right of a large single basin sink. The upper cabinets in the corner will mostly contain dishes and glassware. An empty spot to it’s right on the wall will be soon covered with a vent hood in front of counter-to-ceiling backsplash of white harlequin tile.
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