[wes_h]

heres out before and after pics.
We have done some major renovations that are still under way, my bro is a carpenter which makes things easier 3 weekends and several evening after work this is what has been done so far. Still plenty left to do though.

[DulcineaK]

the 56k was about all the photos, right? not the cost of your couple of weeks... cause your title freaked me out a bit...

(btw, you might want to upload your pics to the gallery and then you can add them easily to your posts without having them load in full size... )

oh yeah, and welcome to the forums, can't wait to see more!!!

[wes_h]

yes, just a reference to 56k modems.... certainly not the cost.

thanks. I find it just as easy to use photbucket as I do with other forums.

[Gloria]

Hi Wes, and welcome to IKEAFANS!

Thank you for sharing your pictures. Quite a lot has been accomplished! Which of the white cabinet styles are those? What are you planning for floors and walls? It's looking great!

I had the same thought, Dulci. (Wow, how would someone spend 56k $ on an IKEA kitchen? )

Best wishes,
Gloria

[GardenOfDarwin]

Wes - looks great! Thanks for posting!

I think Dulci was referring to the fact that if you loaded the photos to the galleries instead of linking from Photobucket, you could drop in thumbnails and then even folks on dialup could open the thread and see all the thumbnails without any problem. If they were interested in seeing a full-size photo, then they could click on that individual photo to see it in the gallery. Noone would have to be worried about opening a page with multiple large sized photos inline because the size of the thumbnails is miniscule. Plus, then the photos would be searchable in our gallery database!

Susan

[DulcineaK]

yup, that's what dulci was saying in her overtired too late to be drinking red state of mind last night

i too use photo bucket for this and all the forums, but i really like the gallery feature of this forum

[DesignDiva]

Looks fantastic, Wes! You're not in the US, right? Your appliances and electric switches look Euro to me.

I can't believe you wanted to get rid of the orange countertops!

[wes_h]

OK, I will post in the gallery when I load some future photos.

I am actually in Brisbane, Australia.

The doors are all applad white. We had a budget of $4000 on the kitchen itself, and then about $2000 for appliances, paint, tiles, electrician, etc. We will have done that easily as we know a few people to get everything we need at good discounts. The oven and dishwasher cost $300 2nd hand for both, they had about 12 months use before being replaced due to a renovation that my brother was involved with and are in perfect condition, so they were a bargain.

Looks like my brother has desided on a greyish slate coloured tile, we got hold of a few samples and it should look good.

The splash back will be white tiles. We are keeping all the colours simple as we are selling up at the end of the year and it will be best for resale value. The new kitchen should add plenty onto the value of the house. Glad the old orange colour is gone

[erikakn]

Your kitchen is looking gorgeous. Do you miss your orange counters--a little?

I could do with a tiny bit of orange--a desk, for example--with exposed plywood edges a la kerf design.

Thanks for sharing your pics!

E

[laurie]

LOL I, too, thought it was $56,000 and was also wondering how and the heck you could spend that much on an IKEA kitchen.

Looks like you have your work cut out for you. We did a total gut in my mom's previous home (the whole house!!!) and it was alot of work. I'll be looking forward to your finale!