Getting started...

My wife Carolyn and I began researching options for remodeling the kitchen. We liked the layout as it was, we really just wanted it updated with a few amenities implemented. After a disheartening encounter a large nation-wide home improvement store, we called a local company that specializes in kitchen and bath remodels. They have all the bases covered - carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc and they would be the general contractor. All we would have to do is have things moved out of the kitchen and they would do the work while we were at work.

The meeting with their design specialist was fun - he really got us looking at revamping the flow and layout of the kitchen and adding many awesome options. He showed us some before and after pictures from some of their projects and based on out discussion, gave us a ballpark figure that was at the high-end of our budget. He left with our discussed ideas and said he would meet us the following Saturday...

The Beginning

I have wanted to remodel the kitchen in my house since the day I moved. In the golden oak cabinets and laminate counter tops screamed 80's to me - even though the house was built in the mid 90's. Here is what it looked like...







Well, now the time has come to remodel it.