Updates on the Renovation

Dry walling has been completed, and now we the cupboards are being installed.
The contractors we have hired are Kaverton Construction and we are very pleased with the detail of their work, and their timing.  The architects and contractors gave this project about two months to complete, and we seem to be on time, which is a huge relief, as school is beginning soon, and we need to be back in the swing of things. 

Here are the new cabinets, custom built by Oscar Grann's located in North Vancouver.  

The cabinets are white high gloss laminate.  The doors will be put on last.  Above, is where the oven and cook top will go, under a minimalist hood fan.  Our appliances are by Miele. We decided on an induction cook top and oven.

Because we have a small space, we wanted our appliances to fit the scope of the project and not overwhelm the room.  We felt that Miele's aesthetic worked well in our configuration.

We moved our sink and it will now be located under the skylights.

This angle, looking into the dining room, is where we will put the microwave under the counter.  The entire counter will be free so that we have a larger work space.  We continued the line of counters into the dining room so that we extended the visual line of the kitchen.  

The dining room:  we will have wall mounted cabinets above with glass doors, and below, the same counter top as the kitchen and more space to store dishes and glasses.

Looking into the dining room and living room

 Upstairs in our loft bedroom.  Here, we built a closet above the stairs, in unused open space.  Chris will use this as his closet.

Along the opposite wall, will be my closet.  

The upstairs ensuite:  the new tile and shower basin

New cabinets in the bathroom

Counter tops:  because we live in a small space, we decided to have the same cabinets and counter tops in our kitchen and bathrooms so that we unite the spaces and so that our entire home is pulled together in a modern yet understated theme.  Our cabinets will be white high gloss and the caeserstone counters are blizzard white.

I decided upon white on white because I wanted a clean, simple, bright look that would not date itself in a year or two.  With white, one can always add accents and colour in the room to change it up.

We are changing the fire place insert.  Due to budget constraints, instead of tiling the fire place, we decided to take off the hearth and have the contractors dry wall and keep it simple.

Looking into the kitchen from the dining room