Sneak Peak – Construction in Progress

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

I’ve always focused on inspiring you with images and color palettes on this blog, but I realize I rarely include my own work.  After the reaction I got when I posted a couple of sneak peak photos of some bathrooms I did this fall, I realized you might enjoy seeing more of the process involved in my remodeling projects for clients.

Since I have a fun remodel in process right now, I think I’ll share a few photos with you so you can see how the space is evolving as we move through the construction process.

This is a view of the kitchen from the living room on my first visit to meet with the clients.

Here is a wrap around view of the kitchen, moving from the left side to the right side.

And a view of the wall between the kitchen and the living room (to the left) and the entry (straight ahead). 

The challenge with this space is that all the walls and openings between the kitchen and the rest of the unit chopped up the sight lines and hid their amazing views of the Cathedral and the State Capital.  We wanted to open the space up, increase the functionality of it, and provide a better flow for both entertaining and hanging out at home alone.

Here is the kitchen on construction day #1, all cleared out and ready for demolition!

And after a bit of demo (to say the least) the walls are opened up, the electrical work is exposed, and we get to come up with solutions.

The view from the kitchen to the living room and dining room is suddenly vastly improved as sight lines are opened up.

A few days later, a new half wall opens up the kitchen to the rest of the unit even more.  All the electrical has been rerouted to maintain an uninterrupted view from the kitchen all the way to the State Capital. 

Isn’t it amazing how different it looks once the drywall is installed?  The beams conceal the electrical work and accommodate new pendant lighting over the future raised breakfast counter.  Now when guests walk in the front door they won’t be trapped in a narrow hall with no view – they’ll walk into a open space with views in every direction.

 Next steps: painting, installing flooring, installing cabinetry, installing countertops and appliances, finalizing updates to the bathrooms, installing new blinds, and installing new lighting.  (You don’t want to see the actual super detailed list of steps involved in each of these tasks, but trust me, we’re so on top of it!) 

We still have a lot of work to do, but you can see how much work has been accomplished already.  The messy phase is almost complete, and now we get to start bringing in the color, texture and patterns.  I can’t wait to see it all pulled together! 

Did you enjoy this sneak peak behind the scenes of a construction project?  Would you like to see more?  

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