Making the Kitchen Work

The kitchen had a few things needed.

The window wall had cupboards on the entire wall, with four wall cupboards and base cabinets.

There was also a free-standing tall cupboard.  (This picture is from the realtor listing.)
There simply was not enough storage.  And the workspace was limited.  (See the post with the cart here.)
We swapped places with the fridge and the tall cupboard.  It made it easier to work at the counter, but it didn't solve the storage problem.

The stove wall needed help!

We shifted the appliances to the left so that we could access the base cupboards.  (That meant moving the dryer vent, but that's a story for another time. . . )  But it didn't solve the storage problem.

Our guess is that the kitchen had been remodeled shortly before the house was sold to us, and D was able to find the exact match for the cupboards at Lowes.  And they were on sale.  And with a Lowes credit card you get a 5% discount!  The stars were aligning.  We bought the cupboards.

Oh my, they are heavy!  So we decided to call a contractor who had helped build the cider house.  He is young, and he can install the cupboards.  Alas, he did not return our call.  D was getting impatient.  "We'll do it ourselves," he said.  I said nothing because my jaw had dropped.

D came up with lots of tricks to make it doable.  We lifted from the floor to a chair,  from a chair to a table, from the table to the washer/drier, from that to the board screwed to the wall to rest the cabinets on.  And he clamped the one he had already screwed to the wall to the next cabinet so that it was well supported.

 

Cabinets up - doors put back on - ready for the range hood.

 All done!

D put both of the cabinets (between the fridge and the corner cupboard) without any help!!!!

Now we have a sensible amount of kitchen storage.

Next step is to put the things away from the top of the fridge!