Congrats! You will soooo enjoy having two ovens. I do more than I expected! Very smart to do a bit at a time. I am glad you posted!

Cathy-
Great job! I would so love to have double ovens, but don't have the space.

Good for you for going a bit at a time- it's hard to do, but you sure appreciate it when you finish. I'm in the middle of a remodel as well, and am doing it one wall at a time, so I know what you are going through. Will you be keeping your old cabinets or replacing those as well? Either way, keep up the good work!

BTW, I love your microwave stand!

TJ

Just wondering if you are concerned about having the ovens and the Fridge so close together?

Enjoy your new ovens! They look really nice. You picked a great place to start fixing up. Nothing wrong with going at it one piece at a time!

The funny thing about the microwave - that is the third stand in the third location (each one had to be made to fit). Originally the MW was to go where the wall oven ended up.

This all happened because I fell in love with a tile mural I wanted behind the stove (bought it too, back in 2004) and it would not work with my current range (high back). So I started looking at slide-in electric ranges. That is when I stumbled on this site and learned about Induction. The options for slide-in induction ranges is some what limited - but I was set on an induction cooktop by this time, so I started considering a seperate wall oven.

The more I thought about it the more I felt two ovens would be great (and I know I will use them both). Then I had to move things around to fit the wall oven in, and decided the best place (where it would not stick out in the way) was next to the fridge where the MW was going. . .

Then we needed to find a new place for the MW and it's been moved around quite a bit in the last four months.

The MW works great where it is now, but it totally messes up the upper cabinets that were suppose to go along that wall with the range hood. I'm still not sure how I'm going to change things to make it work - I have not even wanted to think about that for some time. DH is dead set against a MW under the counter.

And now, since I've totally changed things from what I thought I wanted several years ago, I may not even use that tile I bought that started the whole thing!

We've been at this so long, the cabinets are the originals from the old kitchen- we moved the kitchen into the old dining room, the dining room into the den and the den/main bath to where the kitchen was, after builing an addition on that end of the house. We started back in 2004 . . .

As to the oven next to the fridge, the cabinet is oversized to allow for more circulation and all the research I did said this should be fine. If it makes that particular fridge die sooner, that might not be a bad thing . . .

Psychologically, getting the wall oven installed was a huge step for me. I feel like we are now on the downward slope of getting the kitchen finished.

Cathy

Very cool. We have often lived in projects that we did as time and funds allowed. Our last kitchen took about 6 yrs from demoing a wall to adding the last of the cabinets for the new layout. We're on year 2 of this kitchen, but it's only minor details that are remaining. Best wishes, and I hope it's a steep (fast) downhill slope for you. :-)

I'm glad you posted! The excitement of seeing progress in a kitchen is a common factor for anyone that is TKO whether it is one step at a time or a complete gut job done over several months. Real TKOs enjoy watching others' kitchen dreams come to fruition and are on standby to help out if needed with design questions or emotional support. I can imagine what a relief you are feeling to have those ovens, or should I say those snazzy-looking ovens, ready to go and a refrigerator in place to house your supplies. THANKS again for sharing!

looking great! you'll get there. it does sound like you are on the home stretch from all you say you've done. I do think the oven part would be he worst of it.

how about the mw on a shelf under the upper cabs?

" I'm hesitant to post since I'll never have the "showroom" kitchen that so many post pictures of."

me either. i'm not even planning one, it wouldn't be 'me'. i bet everyone on here knows what a mess remodeling is - so, don't worry about it! post away whenever.

I laughed out loud when I saw your picture. You see, when we started our DIY kitchen remodel two years ago (almost done!), the *first* thing we did was to buy a new double oven. Not just any double oven, but an Electrolux dual convection double oven, just like you. And the first bit of cabinetry I did was to build a new cabinet to fit this 350 pound monster. In this picture you'll see the new cabinet and oven, surrounded by our original, ghastly, late 70's oak plywood and linoleum and stipple ceiling kitchen:

We love the oven - works great on anything from cookies to Thanksgiving turducken. And the doors never get hot.

Here's the oven in our almost completed kitchen:

Hopefully this will provide some motivation for you. It can be done!