Aaron Pratt from Central Texas Custom Cabinets has been sneaking into the house at odd hours to work on the kitchen cabinets — weekends, early mornings, late nights.
Above, he installed the drawer fronts on the cabinet opposite the dishwasher where we plan to store cutlery, plates, bowls and glasses. And then he installed the Ikea cabinet pulls.
Here’s the storage cabinet at left, with all the other doors mounted. The refrigerator slots into the open bay. All the white melamine surfaces are covered by dull plastic protectors.From 180 degrees opposite, the same bank of cabinets — with Kevin Rehberg in the library rolling out heavy paper to protect the new wood floors.The bank of cabinets opposite the cooktop where we plan to store cooking utensils, spices and larger pots and pans that are used infrequently — with the cabinet pulls installed. You can glimpse the butt end of the quartz countertop under the layer of blue foam that Ron Dahlke taped down to protect the stone.