Now with the sheet rock removed, we start to see what removing the walls truly means in our remodel. Standing in the dining room and looking at our entrance we can see our ideas come to reality.
In order to rewire the ceiling lighting all the old sheet rock needs to be removed plus the insulation. Our new lighting scheme include can lights, pedant lights, a chandelier and a ceiling fan. When you revamp lighting and walls you have to rethink your switching layouts and how to plan for for 3-way and 4-way schemes
This is the view of the Kitchen with the wall completely remove. Now you can see the blueline floor layout of where the new cabinets with be installed. If you stand in front of the island and inside the 'L' shape counter you can see 270 degrees of outside. I especially love the sunrises and sunsets.
From this view you see the current header which will be replaced with two new ones. One header will consist of three 2-1/4 inch x 18 inch x 22 feet beams while a connecting beam will be 8 feet long. also on the demo list is the existing pony wall and mock column on the right.
The electrician is busy removing all the old wire and replacing it with re-routed wires for our lighting, new appliances and electrical needs. The new building codes call for more efficient light sources. So we will be adding LED lights with dimmers in all spaces being remolded.
We visited a plumbing supply showroom to pick out our fixtures. The hall bathroom will have two medicine cabinets imbedded in the wall with sconces between and on the outside edges. We are adding a magnifying mirror with built-in light.
We got a nice surprise from one of our contractors. He gave us two glass vessel sinks that sit upon the counter. We were going to do two under-counter sinks, now we have these beautiful additions to our new bathroom. We had to change the height of the counter to 30 inch high so the top of the vessel sink is 36 inches high.
NEXT is more of the rough electrical and plumbing work
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