2616 County Road 33

2616 County Road 33

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Kitchen


This space was a big project. We started the Kitchen Renovation mid July 2011 and were completely finished in October 2011.

PROJECT INFORMATION:
  • Kitchen is a "U" shaped kitchen that is approximately 13' x 12' 
  • We had a new dishwasher given to us from our Home Purchase Electrical Inspection (Budd Electric) when one of the workers accidently blew out the old dishwasher. They are a company in Corpus Christi of high integrity; thank you Budd Electric- you all are top rate!
  • We also had a fairly new refrigerator, so we didn't need to replace that either.
  • New double oven/stove with a matching mounted microwave was purchased. The oven/stove is in the "before" photos because the previous home owners took their old oven.
  • The room was stripped down to studs so proper R-13 insulation could be installed.
  • All outdated electrical and plumbing was updated.
  • Wood Laminate Floors~ Lumber Liquidators
  • Solid Maple Cabinets~ Kitchenpro.com (dove tailed, anti slam drawer feature, euro hinges, raised panel)
  • Granite Counter Tops~ Corpus Christi Solid Surfaces
  • Tumbled Travertine Stone Backsplash
Before and After Video


Sunday, June 26, 2011

Bedroom on South Side of House

This bedroom is on the opposite side of the house from the others.  It has a large walk in closet that has also completely redone from top to bottom.

Bedroom #4 (11' x 12.5')
(currently used as the Master Bedroom)
Notice the window air conditioner unit? The previous owners used this to help cool this room on top of the regular central air that worked for the entire house. Three of the four walls in this room are hit directly by the south Texas sun most of the day and like the whole house, this room did not have any insulation in the walls, not to mention the single pan windows with poor caulking; it got VERY HOT & STUFFY in the summer.
DEMO
Demo was a fun job for the kids! All drywall in this room had to be removed.
... a place where there at one time used to be a window! We found two other previous window openings that had once existed on the opposite wall. This room once had 5 different windows (three now covered by wall)! I wonder if it used to be a sun room at one time years ago?
R13 insulation in the whole room! ...and the brown door? It's replaced!
AFTER of this particular corner.  All white walls to help it feel crisp and fresh. And notice the new door!
MORE DEMO and repair... from another angle.


AFTER~
After adding insulation, the walls were finished with 1/2" drywall covered in "bead board" panels. To trim off the room, crown moulding was added in addition to 5 1/2" baseboards.


New bedroom carpet (professionally installed) meets up with the laminate wood floor from the hall area outside this bedroom.

Close-up showing the bead board and crown. This room originally did not have any trim around the ceiling, so this crown and corner pieces are a nice added detail. The windows are new energy efficient double paned windows with 2" Bali (faux wood) mini blind.