Kitchen Remodel

leucht.com

We remodeled the kitchen in the spring of 2004. We put in new flooring, a breakfast bar, new countertops, and new cabinets all around! We love our brand new kitchen!  

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Before Photos

Just click on these images to view larger versions of them!

imageThis is a photo of the breakfast nook before the project.

image Another photo of the kitchen before the project.

image Another photo of the kitchen before the project.
 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

During and After Photos

Just click on these images to view larger versions of them!

imageI laid out all the cabinets in the garage in the same order that they would be installed in the kitchen.

imageI laid out all the cabinets in the garage in the same order that they would be installed in the kitchen.

imageI used this little rig to hold the old cabinets during removal and also hold the new cabinet in place for installation. Using this rig, I was able to remove and install all my kitchen cabinets myself without any outside help.

imageOne cabinet done, lots and lots left to go!

imageAnother set of cabinets hung. I screwed the faces of the multiple cabinets together in the garage, then carried them in together and mounted them to the wall as one solid unit. If you try to mount them onto the wall one piece at a time, the visible faces and edges will likely not match up perfectly.

imageThis is the last set of wall cabinets after being hung. Mounting this as one complete unit was not as easy since it was such a large unit. But the mounting rig I showed above made it do-able.

imageReverse angle of the long line of wall cabinets.

imageA surprise bonus of this project was that I got a bunch of gently used cabinets for additional storage in my garage!

imageA surprise bonus of this project was that I got a bunch of gently used cabinets for additional storage in my garage!

imageTime to mount the floor cabinets. This picture shows how I mounted the free-standing bar cabinets to the concrete floor so that they would be stable. I mounted 2 by 4's to the concrete slab floor with large concrete anchors, then I screwed the cabinets securely to the 2 by 4's. These free-standing cabinets are solid as a rock!

imageBar cabinets installed.

imageA different angle of the new breakfast bar cabinets.

imageThe sink cabinets are all in place and the old countertop with sink is temporarily put back in place.

imageThe countertops are solid surface and had to be installed by the contractor in order for the warranty to be valid.

imageWe splurged and added the built-in solid surface sink. We absolutely love it!

imageI also installed wood floor planks myself. This was a lot of work! Especially since I laid them at a 45 degree angle to the walls! If I had the chance to do it over again, I would probably hire a professional installer.

imageIt was a lot of work, but the final wood floors look great!

imageIt was a lot of work, but the final wood floors look great!

imageIt was a lot of work, but the final wood floors look great! All that's left to do is install the cabinet trim and wall trim.

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for visiting,
Kurt & Sam Leucht
Titusville, FL
http://www.leucht.com/
Email Us!

-----------------------------------------------------------------

View detailed Web Access Statistics!
This page has been viewed #COUNT times since Tue April 29, 2003.
This page was last modified on #TIME.
Thanks to Cheapest Hosting for their Web Hosting Services.