Remodel update #3

Only a few photos to show you, but of those few that I do have, I think they are pretty dramatic. See for yourselves. Let me know.

Remember the microwave stand and the short countertop? All gone!!
All of the cabinets? They are gone as well!! The “floating” support (the concrete base where the mop and buckets sit) will hold the lower cabinets in place during earthquakes in the foreseeable future.

So, how was that for dramatic? We are bringing the stove over here, because the oven does not work over here, and they would like to be able to bake things. We are probably going to buy aa countertop broiler. It is hard to find a stove/oven with a broiler here. Ivan thinks we might be able to take a small grill over to the park and grill out there. We will see. Countertop broiler for the foreseeable future.

So, everything you see, and do not see, will, soon, be replaced with oak cabinets, from the “floating” bases, to the granite countertops, and from the normal upper cabinet to the ceiling.

The lower cabinets will make an “L” right where the blue bucket is, going towards what is currently the microwave stand, (which has been removed from photo #1, and is wrapped for resale).

Aforementioned Lazy Susan for the corner. Yay!

In the lower cabinets, again in the corner, (blue bucket), Luis has already purchased, and will install when appropriate, a lazy Susan for us, (see photo above) so we will have easier access to whatever gets put in there. The lower cupboards will also all be pull out shelves, (see photo below) because yours truly is so very tired of getting on her knees to find, and rescue, the odd pan necessary to prepare the odd dish. So much so that she leapt when her husband suggested it. (Yay, Ivan.) Martín will be building the cabinets himself, which will “float” on the concrete supports underneath.

Lovely pull out shelves. Another Yay!!!

The new oak closet in our bedroom, also handmade by Martín, just outside the bathroom. Our headboard will be down by the black bag on the floor. That is where the closet used to be.
A peek inside the closet in our bedroom. Not finished yet.
The new closet doors in the office across the hall from our bedroom,- considered bedroom #3.

As you can see in the photos, they are painting the door jams a color similar to the oak of the doors. The open third of the closet in the photo above, will also have an oak door and shelves on the lower right. As a bonus, they are removing the popcorn ceilings from the entire apartment before construction begins. Yay!!

Vanity is gone, and soon, the toilet. New oak door waiting to be hun.
The primary bathroom is being remodeled to be wheelchair accessible. We are having the door widened by 6”, and a sliding barn door hung outside the bathroom for privacy. The toilet will be turned parallel to the wall, and a floating sink put close to the corner on the left. The large lip on the floor of the shower will be removed and a much shorter one installed.

I think you get the idea. Things are going very smoothly, and in a good time frame. Under budget thus far as well. More later.