Y'all, today brings one of the most exciting reveals of this whole remodel. If you ask the Mister what he is excited about, this always ends up in the top 3, if not the #1 thing he will tell you. Don't get me wrong, we both like to cook and are excited about everything in this space, but this splurge is fun, practical, and something I can with confidence say I don't think we will ever regret having installed.
So, I've made sure to document this command center portion of the kitchen because other than cookbooks on the bookshelves, this area is really non-kitchen in functionality. The top cabinet will have glass doors to display some nice vases/dishes/etc. The middle section is bookshelves for cookbooks, pictures, etc. And the bottom cabinet.....
...will have his/hers drawers with built in plugs. No more wallets, keys, phones, tablets on the countertop. Come in, drop your stuff in your drawer, plug in items to charge, and shut them out of the way. YAY! When we first were told about this, the outlets were going to extend into the drawer a bit, but the electrician had barely enough space to squeeze these in to the back without losing a couple of inches of drawer space. When choosing outlets, the original plan was to do one traditional outlet with two USBs in each box. However, when reconsidering, we decided to do the configuration you see to the right. We'll have one outlet box with 4 USB plugs. The other will be a traditional outlet box with two 3-prong plugs. USB seems to be the technology choice for chargers today, but in the event this isn't the case in 10 years, it is cheaper to then swap out one outlet box in each drawer than have to swap out all four.
As I eluded to in the post for yesterday's work, a lot of the work done by the electrician on this trip was behind the scenes...er cabinets. Exhibit 1: plugs for the garbage disposal in the island.
Exhibit #2: a very blurry shot of the electrical for the cooktop
You know how at the end of movies they have outtakes? This is a kitchen outtake for sure. When they installed the microwave (which I didn't get a picture of for this post) they accidentally screwed this drawer closed. I went to open it to show my mother-in-law the dividers in it and it was stuck...no amount of prying would open it. The blue tape now has a note that details what has to happen to remedy this situation. Bwa-ha-ha..oh the funny things that can happen when installing all the parts and pieces.
The fun part of opening the drawers is finding the storage being used for pieces of the kitchen not ready to be installed. To the left (in a picture that even though I saved it in a rotated view refuses to upload correctly) is a shot of the filter panels for the ventilation hood.
In the drawer to the right of the dishwasher are the shelves for the built in spice racks.
And now a shot of the living room built ins with the tops on and the doors closed.
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