Decisions, Decisions

I have often heard people talk about the number of decisions that need to be made when you are renovating but I definitely didn't appreciate just how many until now.  Over the past 10 days we have made decisions about our kitchen cabinetry, bathroom vanities, faucets two or three times over, kitchen sink, placement of the attic stairs, roof and siding colors and done some changes to the space.

I for one am absolutely exhausted and didn't quite anticipate the hours and hours of internet research and endless discussions with spouse.  But I might as well get used to it, there are selections to be made for lighting, hardware and more on deck. I can't imagine what this must be like for folks who are building a house from the ground up!

New kitchen wall

It is beginning to take shape though and the contractor is moving quite swiftly.  This week the walls of the new kitchen/great room space went up and most windows went in.  The electrician has rewired much of the bedroom floor and the framing upstairs is just about done.

The contractor is also putting finishing touches on the roof on the entire house.

Exterior of new kitchen/great room

Facing old kitchen

And we did decide to work with Cliqstudios.com.  Our kitchen designer Jayelynn was wonderful.  She came up with a complete design for the kitchen and pantry in about a day each.  I shared with her my inspiration pages from houzz.com and she knew just what we wanted. Corey and I met her for a virtual appointment where she shared her screen through Adobe Connect which allowed us to make and see the adjustments to the design in real time. No abstract or time consuming discussions needed!

And here is the design:

Kitchen Design

Pantry Design

Don't steal the ideas - they were courtesy of Jayelynn working with us :) These are just renderings of the basics of what it will look like and not an exact reproduction. Thanks Jayelynn - we look forward to receiving the cabinets in about a month.

By the way, cliqstudios.com had their cabinetry featured on a recent episode of Kitchen Crashers on the DIY Network which I just happen to be watching as I blog right now. See Cliq's blog for more details on catching the episode in reruns. The designer on the show picked the same cabinets we did!