We need measure the kitchen space a little more accurately, now that ducts have been boxed in. We take some time Saturday morning, around 10:00am, thinking we would have at least a couple of hours to figure this out.
Since it *is* winter and all, I dig out my toque and ski jacket along with a measureing tape in anticipation of standing around a drafty house. We also brought along some empty cardboard boxes to place around like cabinets. I am really a visual-type so having actual items in place is good for me to design a kitchen.
We arrive, it's quite chilly and isn't there an large pile of lumber right in the kitchen. No worries though, with a little moving around it became the base of the bottom cabinets! Half-way through the lumber- shifting, who should show up but Sergei, the carpenter. He looked a little possesive, seeing as we were moving the wood pile, but was ok when we explained we would make sure it was all laid flat when we were done. We also saw that one of the upstairs bathtubs is installed, yay!
Done being the operative word...I did have a theatre tickets for a matinee show that afternoon and not two minutes after Sergei arrives did he drag us around the house pointing at things and asking opinions. Of course, never an issue since this is our house and all, but then when Slava the plumber showed up soon after it was a free-for-all! Ok, maybe not quite but in the end it was a funny moment of the four of us standing in the master bathroom, weaving around tools, being asked in broken english if we want 'dis ting five eenches or seven eenches'. This loosely tranlates to a question on the spacing of the shower fixture handles.
Eventually we got to the boxes and the measuring, here are the pics of the future kitchen, ain't it grand?
That's the view from the living room, with the (future) island on the left
View from the family room, slight overhead shot
The view from the back sliding doors, stove on the left, island on the right
And,yes I am the dorky one who has to have a picture taken in the only tub in the house so far!
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