More kitchen updates! This one includes the installation of our beautiful Brazilian Koa hardwood floor, the cabinet doors and drawers, and the floorboards. We originally were going to put down standard 3/4″ Cherry flooring in the kitchen only, but after realizing that it would require another 3/4″ subfloor for installation, and that we’d have a major tripping hazard from the adjoining rooms, we scrapped the idea and purchased the 3/8″ Koa. We also decided to put it in both the kitchen and dining room as well as install it at an angle, rather than parallel to the walls. This proved to be a major design windfall as it completely acentuates the two rooms perfectly.
Tom trowelling-out floor sealant in the dining room in preparation for the new wood floorA look at the sticky sealant messTom putting down the floor glueInstalling the first few rows of the beautiful Brazilian Koa flooringWeighing down the first rows to insure a good glue bond - we could only lay-down so much flooring at one time as even with all the rocks, buckets of water, bricks, and anything else heavy we could find, we still didn't have enough to cover more than a few rows of flooringThis custom herring-bone joint between the dining room and kitchen was not planned, but a result of Tom`s discovery that the flooring in the dining room was too far out of alignment with the walls in the kitchen...after seeing the results, we wouldn't have done it any other way!A look at the finished dining room floorTom working on the kitchen flooringThe finished kitchen floor in all its glory!A look at the bar cabinets with new door and large drawersMore base cabinets with finished doorsThe rest of the base cabinet doors and roll-out trash binA look at the newly finished upper drawersThe hidden sink bins for sponges and stuffThe new knife drawer, complete with slide-out cutting boardThe finished upper cabinet doors around the microwaveFinished upper cabinet doors and custom cherry floorboards
