Tualatin Oregon kitchen remodel

[LivinTheDream]

Here's a project in final punch list stage. We took the dining room walls down, rerouted the garage door entrance, put in a pass through buffet, and added custom columns and crown.

Before and after, set 1

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Set 2 B&A, towards garage entrance

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Details of millwork; island shot

[Century Man]

That looks sweet.

[Bender]

Very nice:)
I really like that wall color.

[RCP]

Lokks great! Very warm and inviting!:2thumbsup:

[LivinTheDream]

Very nice:)
I really like that wall color.

Thanks, Dan.

The evening lighting makes it difficult to see, but there are actually two colors there; the kitchen is 1118 Classic Caramel and the dining room is 1103 Camel Back, both Benjamin Moore.

[neolitic]

Very nice work. http://i634.photobucket.com/albums/uu61/neoliticman/smiliethumbsup.gif

[Blue]

Very nice. How does this millwork partner with the rest of the home?

[LivinTheDream]

Blue - the rest of the home is quite traditional but doesn't have much millwork... yet. The homeowners are adding multiple touches throughout - and it's their favorite part of the remodel. We wainscoted the powder bath, added crown to the kitchen and hall, and created the posts as part of this project. Next they will case out more openings, add crown to additional rooms, and soup-up the living room mantle, which will tie in the new millwork further. The end result will be unified throughout.

The cabinets are cleaner lined and the rest of the elements are quieter too, which lets the millwork shine and saves the project from being overly elaborate.

[uwing]

Looooks ssssweet!

[LivinTheDream]

Thanks, all!

[SLS-Construction]

Ditto's with the above - very nice job

[OGStilts]

Great job! I hope you saved that chandelier from the old dining room, it is beautiful.

Now I hope you don't mind a little constructive criticism here and knowing your talent the way I do it is more than likely that this was just a budget issue with the client but you've got an awful lot of electrical going on both sides of that sink. I think I count 2 seperate boxes to the left of the sink and 4 seperate boxes to the right. Gang those together whenever possible. Since this was a remodel that may have been a cost issue but it's visually distracting to me. But if that's the only issue, I'd consider that a pretty successful project in my book.

[Silvertree]

Big thumbs up in my book:2thumbsup:

[LivinTheDream]

Great job! I hope you saved that chandelier from the old dining room, it is beautiful.

Now I hope you don't mind a little constructive criticism here and knowing your talent the way I do it is more than likely that this was just a budget issue with the client but you've got an awful lot of electrical going on both sides of that sink. I think I count 2 seperate boxes to the left of the sink and 4 seperate boxes to the right. Gang those together whenever possible. Since this was a remodel that may have been a cost issue but it's visually distracting to me. But if that's the only issue, I'd consider that a pretty successful project in my book.

Oh - not at all. Others' opinions are welcome and helpful, and I don't mind constructive criticism. I can't think of everything myself... I won't live that long! :grin:

In this case, you're right... it was a budget choice. We opted to keep a 4" splash with sheetrock above so we could leave the existing electrical intact and put more budget focus into the millwork. I personally like to use an air switch for the disposal and put recepticles down and turned so they don't interfere with tile patterns. I talked to the homeowners about switching to stainless coverplates as well, so the white didn't stand out quite so much against the warm wall paint, but they preferred keeping the white.

Kathie

[ChrWright]

Nice work Kathie.

What went on by the back door there? From the before to after the wall steps from forward to back, and there's a new door there.

[LivinTheDream]

The old plan had a landing at the top of the stairs from the garage, and the entrance door in the side wall - a narrow entry. Also, there is a window on the exterior wall above the landing - nice, but all that daylight was wasted in the garage. We took out the landing, reversed the swing of the door into the home, and reframed the stairs down to the garage. The new plan allows for better flow and more pantry storage, and the light from the window floods into the house now instead of the garage.

I've tried to attach a pdf, but the file sizes allowed are problematic. If I get that to work, I'll edit the post and add it.

Kathie

[orson]

Kathie,

Looks great!

Something about the mouldings doesn't look right to me. Check out this article about supporting vs. terminating mouldings:

http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/

It's in issue #1 on page 10

[LivinTheDream]

Orson, Thank you!

That's a good article with information I didn't know. I'll share it with my team as well, so we can all take our game up a notch.:2thumbsup:

[naptownCr]

Could you post the link to the page I couldn't find it

[orson]

Could you post the link to the page I couldn't find it

Here's a link to the archives page: http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/archives.html

Here's a link to issue #1, just scroll forward to page 10:http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/ipaper1.htm

[naptownCr]

Here's a link to the archives page: http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/archives.html

Here's a link to issue #1, just scroll forward to page 10:http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/ipaper1.htm

Flip to page 29 in issue 1 I gotta get me one of these

[orson]

Flip to page 29 in issue 1 I gotta get me one of these

I have one of those, although mine is an opaque white fabric rather than the clear plasticy one shown.

I have some issues with the construction of it, namely the plastic connectors where the metal poles tie and hinge from started cracking after just a few uses.

Also the idea that the sawdust slides down and will funnel into a container is pretty misleading. It basically just lays in the bottom of the hood and needs to be cleared or cleaned out of the realtively flat area formed at the bottom.

All in all the hood basically does what it says it does: it keeps the majority of the dust fairly contained around and below the saw.