In the course of the last 5 days since the previous post we are now roughly 15 days in to our renovation project in Prairie Village. Many behind the scenes decisions are starting to come to life in the space and the trips to Home Depot still continue (paint your dark wood white, it takes a few coats)!
Here are the latest progress photos and we will do a large update later this week on Thursday when our main contracting crew takes a breather and allows our flooring / back-splash in Kitchen to take over.
Anyone remember this classic Tom Hanks movie, The Money Pit? Not quite feeling this way yet, but I do think even if Tom had Microsoft Excel to keep the budget there would still be problems on this house - catch the trailer it is good for a time warp to 1986!
The Next Steps & Good Partners
What will be happening next, glad you asked? Crider Carpet, a recommendation from our great friends, Matt Goodwin with Cornerstone Home Lending & Dev Van Dyne with Golden Home Inspections will be handling the following (sorry Mr. Bobb Cobb if we end up giving you some scope creep as well):
- All new hardwoods are being installed in the kitchen floor (better for your knees than tile floors and helps tie in the other rooms).
- New white subway tile back-splash is being set in the kitchen.
- New quartz counter-tops being installed in the kitchen and also on the bar between the kitchen and hearth room.
- All carpet is being ripped out and removed.
- New stair trends upstairs and down with carpet runner.
- All of the existing hardwood floors are being refinished on the first and second floors for a cohesive, slightly dark, espresso wood finish.
- New tile floors in each of the bathrooms being installed (and later the new vanities).
- The new railing heading upstairs and down will be complemented with new large tile floors on the landing heading in from the garage and both up and down. This area also has just had a great new bead-board mudroom aspect added, a little bit of texture in the right spot can go a long way!
- New carpet in the entire downstairs area for the office / playroom / man cave & non-conforming 4th bedroom / new off season wardrobe closet for Miss Megan! :)
Progress From The Last Few Days!
Bad Granite Tiles... Goodbye - Ready for the new matching quartz countertops!
Found - One Praying Mantis - Mr. Cribb took a few hours on Saturday to help with some "sweat equity" and took a large bite out of the overgrown landscaping. No more lavender plants that attract all of the bee's and no more smelly onions either. Fortunately no bee stings and this little guy was found hiding in the mulch,
Batman Found A New Home - After finding our winged friend behind the shutters, I found the acid wash that I gave to the concrete floors in the unfinished basement (before being painted) was a great solution to remove that grime and guano from the side of the house.
Time for another KC Crown - Touching every wall, Meg and Sue made that correct decision to add crown molding everywhere and even take down some of the more 70s styled pieces. Great job contractor crew, tight corners here in the entryway it looks great and is in all of the bedrooms, entry, living, dining, etc...
Cabinet Land - The kitchen cabinet doors all got a face lift with new design, square and modern and a 1st and 2nd coat of paint. Add the new hinges and the crown molding in the kitchen and it is looking much better! We can't wait to see the finished product, but the work in progress is equally impressive. Note to renovators - find a large space for your team to spray items like these - the more at once the better and better for your pocketbook!
The Doors - A great band and when we were touching everything else it was just one of those details we needed to also replace to make the transformation top notch instead of halfway there. At around $40.00 each it costs a bit, but the uniformity and crisp new feel is great
Kitchen In Progress - Painting is underway, cabinet doors you can see are taking a rest. Just like our friends The Property Brothers we decided to keep most of the structure and shape of the kitchen, First step, reface all of the cabinet doors, then remove the oven, donated the electric cook-top stove / built in microwave for a fresh start. We are replacing these with a new stainless steel freestanding oven / gas range with built in hood / microwave in one space (removing the cabinet below) and tuning the previous oven space into a cabinet with vertical storage for all of those pans, serving trays, etc... that need the tall, but skinny space, One last touch, removed the fancy wood carving over the sink... it just didn't fit in the modern kitchen!
Kitchen In Progress II - You have to break a few eggs to make a good omlete, Good view of the new oven space turned into a vertical storage cabinet.
Progress continues and we are excited to have you drop back in soon for the next stages! If you have any questions, comments or would like a sneak peek into our The Bubb Cribb Team contractor database of partners (or would like to be one yourself) shoot us a message at thebubbcribbteam@reecenichols.com!
Chow!
Chris and Megan Cribb
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