First Peek! Cabinets going in ...

15 years ago

Well, the old kitchen is gone. But the new kitchen is coming along fast. We're actually over a week ahead of schedule at this point. The demo went relatively easily, but once the walls were open, we found a few original structural issues that needed fixing. It did unfortunately require us to drop the height of the ceiling slightly -- but that won't be noticeable when we're done. We did decide however not to run the tile under the countertops so as to loose as much space between the uppers and lowers.

Framing, plumbing and electrical went quickly and we passed the inspections without effort. (The major bonus was we found out we do not need to hardwire smoke detectors - saving us over $1k!) The walls went in, dry wall was taped, mudded, sanded, sealed and painted!

Now for the fun part, cabinets arrived yesterday and the install started today. I love my cabinets!!!

Cabinets by Aristocratic Cabinets

Walnut with clear coat in a modified shaker style. (We added a inner rounded edge piece to the doors to help block dust.)

I am blown away by the quality of the cabinets. I was so worried about them, but they turned out amazing. They'll finish the install tomorrow and template the counters hopefully by weeks end. (We're going with Caesarstone in Buttermilk.)

I can hardly wait to have a functional kitchen again! Just a few more weeks to go!

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Comments (18)

Fori
15 years ago
Oh so very pretty.

and now I MUST HAVE WALNUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
breezygirl
15 years ago
Holy tamole!!!! Those are sooo stunning! If I wanted wood, I would go with your cabs in a heartbeat! I can't wait to see it all done.

And congrats for everything going so smoothly. You seem to have avoided the h@ll that so many of us are subjected to. Here's to the rest of your project finishing ahead of schedule.

Are those pantry cabs next to the fridge?
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dmlinparadise
15 years ago
Beautiful! I fell in love with Aristocratic cabinets at a local showroom last week in African Ribbon mahogany. Seeing these has me convinced that Aristocratic will be my first choice!
kiffgirl
15 years ago
Oh goodness, those are stunning cabinets! I can't wait to see the finished kitchen. So beautiful already!!!
shelayne
15 years ago
Soooo beautiful!! LOVE LOVE LOVE Walnut!
beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
15 years ago
Lovely! Keep that good karma going, and keep the camera handy for the rest of us please!

Becky
katsmah
15 years ago
WOW, those are gorgeous!
flwrs_n_co
15 years ago
Such beautiful cabs! And ahead of schedule! Thanks so much for posting pics--I can't wait to see more! I've always been a fan of walnut--probably because my folks had danish walnut tables in our LR when I was growing up. One of my chores was to oil them, and I can still remember being fascinated with the grain in them.
michellemarie
15 years ago
Wow. I can't wait for more pics. They are gorgeous!
pricklypearcactus
15 years ago
Stunning! Your new cabinets are beautiful.
ZacsDaddy
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you all ... we're really happy with the how the project is going. (We were supposed to start in January, but got pushed to March - so I guess we prepaid some of our kitchen angst!)

@Breezy - yes, we put in double pantries around the frig. The right side has 5 pull outs and the left side is 1/2 broom closet and 1/2 static shelves. Above the frig we put in sheet pan dividers on one side.

@dmlinparadise - we have two shops that carry Aristocratic and we loved their displays. The cabinets are rock solid. We did full plywood with all the bells and whistles and they were still cheaper than any others we looked at. (And even with the walnut, they came in cheaper than the quote from HD for Kraftmaid!)
jtkaybean
15 years ago
those are absolutley BREATHTAKING, I can't get over how beautiful they are!

i LOVE walnut! can't wait to see your finished pics, your kitchen will be gorgeous i'm sure!
cat_mom
15 years ago
Beauty-licious!!!!!
ghostlyvision
15 years ago
Wowza, simply gorgeous!!
dmlinparadise
15 years ago
@ZacsDaddy: Wow, less than HD Kraftmaid is impressive! The showroom we will most likely deal with carries Aristocratic, Pacific Crest(Bellmount), DeWils and Huntwood. All have African Mahogany as a wood choice. It will be interesting to sit down with their kitchen designer and get pricing.
User
15 years ago
Nice cabs, but I don't think your site is anywhere near ready for cabinets. I can already see sheetrock and construction dust from handling on the tall cabs in the first two pics and I can't really tell what the floor is. Looks like it might be hardwood but on pics still looks like there's particleboard underlayment leftover form vinyl.

Now , there's a dozen ways to sched. jobs and we've found that finished floors first is the best way 99.9% of the time. I've don't really have a problem if you want floors after install as long as the layers know no damage is acceptable that means NONE, no I'm sorry I had a bad day ,the sander slipped ect...

Even when doing floors last we still insist on a clean jobsite and workplace - not just bad for safety it just looks bad and is harder to clean up the cabinets in the end.
ZacsDaddy
Original Author
15 years ago
@antss -- thanks for your concern, but the dust you are seeing is mostly from being in storage at the cabinet shop for the past few months due to the delay. The crew cleaned them quiet well once they were finished installing. The new tile backer boards have also gone down today without damaging the cabinets. Unfortunately, we were now stuck waiting for the countertop templating crew ... until Friday. Oh well.
kaysd
15 years ago
Your cabinets are beautiful. They help reinforcemy decision that I really want walnut.