The kitchen begins to take shape

Now that the floors are done, the kitchen cabinets can start to be assembled in situ.  Unfortunately we were slightly delayed by the onset of some seasonal rain, which meant that the guys didn't want to transport the cabinets on the open backed lorry.  Thankfully the usual sunny weather returned to LA and the cabinets started to slowly arrive and the kitchen begun to take shape.....

First the shells were installed:

Somehow all of these drawers will fit into the kitchen:



and the new walk-in closet doors.....

Then just a couple of days later the guys come to install the closet doors:

doors closed

doors open

Then we just had to make a decision on lighting - track lighting or recessed lighting.

In the end we decided on recessed lighting and we are very pleased with the results:

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Although after weeks of anticipation it didn't take us long to fill the space:

Seriously - thank god for the guest walkin wardrobe too!

After going backwards and forwrds between track lighting and recessed lighting, we finally decided on the recessed lighting and we are so pleased we did:

The walk-in closet arrives!

So it seemed like many months ago Brian and I had chosen the closet wood colour and hardware.  Now was the day of reckoning when we would see how it actually would pan out in the flesh.

This was the space we started with - incuding a new floor!

and within just a couple of hours, it became:

Chocolate Pear with Brushed Nickel hardware

We both love the fact that the rails actually curve around the corner units.

Utilizing the space....

The open space also gave the guys a place to store all of their tools and provided a great space for painting the doors!