cabinets start being assembled

While her worthless husband was whining and laying up with the flu; the queen of our castle pushed forward with some outdoor painting.

There are two of these pull outs that are being incorporated into the base cabinets on each side of the stove cooktop (cooktop recently purchased / 6 burner natural gas with griddle / GE Monogram of course)

Wine cabinet inserts that were made for our cabinets
Wall cabinet boxes (all made with 10 ply maple plywood / face frames, doors and drawer fronts will all be solid maple)
Dry fit wine rack. There will be a small cabinet above with a door for accessories.

Starting again in 2008

Cabinet design is locked in, most of the finishes have been chosen, some appliances have been purchased.

Electrical hardware, load center, boxes and wire have been aquired. Have plan for labor which involves friends.

HVAC contractor has been chosen and scope of work has been approved.

Plumbing rough in is still up in the air but have some leads that we need to work on (labor and materials).

We are very very close to cranking up again................

All old the brick from the garage wall and short wall from old house corner and media room fireplace chimney has been removed.
Brick from the old garage wall is currently in a huge pile outside of the house. The plan is to use as fill in this side's landscaping/walkway development.
Just to shown current firplace and how it appears today. Please note we had a fire and it works great. I looked on the internet for fireplaces in kitchens and have not found one like this yet (thinking it is very unique). I have also started looking into how to build in a crane for kettles (if cooking in fireplace) that could be removable if desired, the thought of using the fireplace for cooking at times appeals to us.