Nate Cluff wanted to remodel the entire kitchen while his wife and kids were out of town as a little surprise, and he called us to help him pull it off.
The old kitchen was comprised of random cabinets left over from a previous remodel done by Nate. The cabinets were not very sturdy and were falling apart. The dishwasher could be seen from the other side of the bar area and the corner cabinets were not very space efficient so we picked up some pre-fabricated cabinets from home depot. Corner cabinets had lazy suzans to maximize usability.
After removing the old countertop and the old cabinets, we began plotting for the new cabinets. It was our goal to make the edges of the cabinets fall right up against the sill of the window so we needed to shim the one wall (pictured) 1/4 inch to achieve this.
We had all the upper cabinets installed and a majority of the floor ones too. In this photo you can see how the cabinets meet the sill on each side with a 1/4 inch reveal. A nice touch which will help to avoid having to rig some weird looking trim to finish around the window. The tops of the cabinets were also place at a height in order to meet the sill in the same manor for the same reason. crown molding will be place around the top of the upper cabinets to finish it off, leaving a 1/4 inch reveal on the top part of the window sill. pictures to follow below.
Then installed a plywood countertop that we could tile on.
You can see that the counter and back splash has been laid and we're putting the appliances back in. Receivers for the crown molding also in place at this stage.
Close up of back splash grouted, and with new outlet covers
And close up of the countertop. We had some fun with this design!
Jeff had Nate go into the attic and coached him while they ran wiring for the new recessed lighting which had been missing prior to this remodel. Jeff then installed the crown molding around the top of the cabinets.
If you look where the cabinet meets the window, you can see the reveal mentioned previously and why it was important to shim the cabinets on that wall to make them line up with the window in the right place. It’s all in the details.
Because of the design of this corner style cabinet, it allowed us to use some creativity and install these shelves which are great for storing mail and car keys after walking in from the garage. Jeff was just going to cover the opening with the bead board shown here until Nate presented this idea. Then Jeff made Nate’s idea a reality using some scrape pieces of MDF he had in his trailer. 
Nate got a great deal on this “scratch and dent” stainless steel microwave to match the rest of the stainless steel in the kitchen.
With these new lazy-Susan corner cabinets Nate was really able to make his new kitchen more efficient.
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