Cabinets are coming!

We have lived without real kitchen cabinetry for many a season, and we've finally pulled the trigger with our new contractors to upgrade our kitchen experience to the real deal.

The project is to add some much-needed wall cabinetry, while touching up our existing island setup with new paint and new top-drawer faces. We'll also be adding hardware everywhere, which will be another welcome improvement—I've almost forgotten what it's like to operate a drawer that actually has a pull!

The new wall cabinets are custom-built maple "face frame"-style, meaning that the faces of the doors and drawers are flush with the frames they are set into. They'll be painted white to match the rest of the house, with a satin finish. The two main upper cabinets will have glass faces—we're capable of keeping the shelves uncluttered and attractive, and the glass will keep the space feeling more open.

When all is finished we still won't have a stone surface or backsplash; those are projects for later.

The job is tricky because our ceiling is not level, and varies by 1/2" or more. We've also had to scoot the fridge over a little away from the pantry to accommodate the swing of the door into the pantry and the eventual location of a barn door there.

The contractors helpfully moved our fridge and oven out of the way and set them up off in our dining room so we can continue to use a kitchen during the construction.

So far the new cabinets are all up, trim has been cut and installed, and things are getting primed and painted.