Kitchen 'after'

This is the 'after' of the kitchen. All cabinets have been installed. I installed the corner sink and faucet, as well as the bar sink and faucet. The counters are granite tiles, 18x18. I was able to install the tiles, with a total cost of about 20% of one piece granite.

The cabinets are of ash and were made by a local cabinet maker to our design. You will notice few upper cabinets, but a lot of lower ones with drawers. One thing we did was to place drawers directly across from the dishwasher for all the dishes, so we can just stand at the dishwasher (which is elevated about 6") remove the clean dishes, turn and place them in the appropriate drawer. It works quite well, though the drawers are a little too deep. Would work better with 3 shallower drawers instead of 2 deep ones.

The upper cabinet on the left is for glasses, close to the refrigerator and sink. The upper on the right is for cups, near the coffee pot. On the far right end of the long wall is the pantry, with two appliance garages at counter level. The garages have power inside, so we only need to pull out the needed appliance and we are ready to go. At the far right of the pantry, facing toward the arch into the bedroom, is a bookcase for cookbooks.

What an improvement!