December 18th, Kitchen cabinets finished

At long last, the kitchen cabinets are complete and installed. All we lack now in the kitchen are the appliances, sinks, faucets and countertops. Our beautiful knotty alder custom cabinets were built by Chuck Bailey, owner of Eagle Cabinets in Flippin, AR.

This is the north wall where the main sink and dishwasher (automatic and Denis) will be located.

Above the dishwasher is a wine rack for 9 bottles (plenty for us) and underneath that, a slotted rack to hold wine glasses. There are two cabinets to the right of the wine rack, with shelves. The cabinet maker wanted to make this a broom closet or pantry, but we have a walk in pantry and a laundry room to hold cleaning equipment so we just opted for shelves in both the upper and lower cabinets.



This is the island showing the chef's side. In the middle will be a prep sink. The blue boxes are electrical outlets so I'll have plenty of places to plug in my small applicances.

This view of the island shows the supports in place to hold the extended countertop, which will be a place for our casual meals.

This is the back of the island where the stools will be located. It's hard to see in this picture, but the wood is grooved for a beadboard look.

Below is the wall where the gas cooktop, electric oven and microwave will be located. Above the cooktop will be vent hood and stainless backsplash with a pot filler faucet, warming lights and shelves.

This is an insert into a drawer that will hold spices. I have two big drawers like this. It will be so handy to be able to view all the spices and not have to dig for them in a cabinet.

This is a long range view of the kitchen, showing all the cabinets. The beams and the colums still have to be wrapped in sheetrock. I was debating having them done in the same wood as the cabinets but decided to go for some contrast and have the painted sheetrock instead.