The Cabinets are Here! Installation - Day 1

We ordered the cabinets towards the end of July, and they came in around the middle of August, but because we still had some work to do on the floor and walls, we had delayed the installation until the end of August. But the cabinets were delivered to our house, so we lost half of the garage to all the cabinets (plus some of the old ones we still had around).

Finally, the day was here and it was time for our installer to give us some storage space back in our kitchen, and make it look a little more like a kitchen! They set up shop on our back porch and went to town cutting and fitting everything so that it was just right. As you can see below, they did the top part of the cabinets first before moving to the bottom ones.

These pictures were taken at lunchtime on day 1 of cabinet installation. You can see that we chose a darker oak wood, with partial overlay doors. The cabinet in the corner will get a glass door frame.

We had to repair the drywall / plaster above the window where the old light receptacle was, so we didn't get a chance to paint it before the cabinets were installed. We're also hoping to replace that window (and a couple other broken ones around the house) before winter comes, so we didn't worry too much about it being completely finished.

By the end of the first day, they had the bottom cabinets in, the doors on, and moved the gas line for our stove. They had to move the gas line about a foot since we slightly changed the layout, so they were drilling holes through our garage and the tile to do that, but in the end it looked great!

I didn't get pictures at the end of the day, so you'll just have to use your imagination and wait to see the finished product...coming soon!