The Renovation of 315 Carlton: Latest update from the Kitchen

No matter how much time you spend visualizing and deciding on what you want, you'll never end up with what you first envisioned. Some changes are good, some you'll just have to live with.

The kitchen has been an interesting area to work with. The original design had lots of wasted space, large powder room, nooks and walls that just did not make sense. Washer and dryer on the same floor with no place to fold your fresh clean linens, undergarments, knickers, etc.
I think we did a great job maximizing the space. With a little help (ok, whole lot of help) from Kirsten (who I highly recommend) we redesigned the kitchen area to include a walk in pantry, streamlined powder room (with exposed brick) and a laundry chute from the second floor to basement (yes, my idea!!!!). I'll post some more photos of the kitchen area once the cabinets go up.

The one challenge we faced is the floors. As per my earlier post Trish and I debated back and forth on floors vs tile in the kitchen. Well we decided on tiles and ripped up the old floors and sub floors only to find that the floor was not leveled. Up to 2 inches in some areas! I guess when you're dealing with a decent size space its hard to tell unless you are Robin the all seeing, all telling reno and friendly neighbour man.

The cost was ridiculous to level the floor and lay down new sub floor that can withstand the weight of the tiles. So we reverted back to the wood floors. We were able to source out identical wood floors that match the old Victorian floors. We will sand the living room floor and stain it with a new colour to match the stain we plan on using in the kitchen.

Lots of pics to check out....

Eat in kitchen...