Well it has been several weeks since we completed the renovation of a desperate kitchen and turned it into the homeowner’s dream! This 1970’s split foyers kitchen had never had an update and was very cave-like with a small dining area separated by a wall. We removed the wall, demolished the old cabinets, light fixtures (would go nicely in a museum!) sheet vinyl flooring, and scraped the “popcorn” ceiling. We replaced the original windows with Pella® double-hung maintenance free vinyl windows. While we were in the attic rewiring, we recognized the need for additional insulation. To bring it up to code, we had Mullins Company blow additional insulation in the entire attic. We refinished the walls and ceiling, added crown moulding, and replaced the dated sanitary (simple and flat) base and door/window casing with colonial (more current and detailed) trim. After painting, we installed Zickgraf® Fontana Collection Handscraped 5″ Engineered Maple flooring. After Wellborn® maple cabinets were installed, we had Elliott Enterprises install beautiful granite countertops with a stainless steel undermount sink. The man of the house commented “Well if we had remodeled 25 years ago, we would be doing it again now. We saved money!”. The lady of the house is so happy she can’t stay out of the kitchen! This was truly an extreme makeover. To view more images of this project, visit our Portfolio.
