Here are the details:

60% DIY (Demo, electrical, plumbing, paint, finish trim, tile, knobs and pulls)

Timeline: Summer 2008 - design finalized; July 1, 2009 -groundbreaking; July 22, 2009 - first meal in kitchen, appliances back in; early September, 2009 - finish details such as trim, backsplash, counters, knobs and pulls complete.

Materials:

Cabinets: custom built stained Quartersawn Oak

Counters: Zodiaq Woodland Grey with integral runnels (drainboard)

Sink: Franke OAX-110 Super Single

Faucet: Kohler Forte (ebay)

Back Door and Transom (Fullview with operable

blinds): Thermatru

Casement Window: Anderson

Appliances: various Stainless steel - Amana, GE (counter depth fridge)

Range Hood: Vent-a-Hood PRH-9130-SS (ebay)

Lighting: Sconces - Schoolhouse Lighting Hand Painted Emory

Single

Pendant and Semi-flush - Rejuvenation

Undercabinet lights - American Lighting Brushed

Nickel

Fan: Emerson Atomical Brushed Steel (ebay)

Speakers: Bose 190 In-Ceiling with independant volume controls

White Plugmold

Knobs and Pulls: Lee Valley Antique Pewter

Doorknobs: VanDyke's Restorer's Octagon Knobs with Brushed Nickel Backplates

Backsplsh Tile: Dirk Elliott Breeze Subway Tile

Decorative Insert Tile (in upper cabinets): Motawi 6"X6" Mountain and Valley Landscape tiles

Banquette: Custom design based on kitchenkelly's and Crownpoint's (painted maple and stained oak), self built

Drawer slides: Blum Tandem self close/soft close undermount

Door hinges: Blum with Soft Close




Without Further adieu, the photos:





Before




After

Before

After

Packing up






Our temporary sink - lots of takeout, no paper plates!

Demolition

Drywall finishing

Floors refinished

Cabinet installation

First meal cooked in the new kitchen - from the Farmer's Market




Counter installation

My little helper

Backsplash complete

Range with Subway Tile Backspalsh

Backsplash with Plugmold and Undercabinet Lights

South View with new Door and Transom

Leaded Glass Window Insert

Motawi Tiles

Banquette, Fridge, Microwave

Banquette - thanks for the ideas, kitchenkelly!

Overall Southwest Aerial View

I love:
-the tile inserts. How creative that is. Stained glass doesn't show up well without lighted cabinets. Yours looks awesome all the time.
-cute banquette. I like the wainscotting and sconces.
-I like the 'shaker crown'...soffit, and shaker crown at the ceiling. Very nice!

You have a beautiful kitchen!
KOMPY

I think it is such a gift for kids to see and help with projects like you just completed. That has a value far above getting a beautiful new kitchen!

I think the transom over my stairway window just got more expensive...

I notice you do not have any recessed lights - can you advise me of how many ceiling fixtures you have and the size of the room? Do you find the lighting enough? I am worrying myself silly right now because I chose not to put recessed lights in my ceiling (1927 house) and now it is drywalled and too late to change. I will have undercabinet lights and I hope I did not make a mistake. I notice your undercabinets run the whole length of the cabinets. Mine will be slightly shorter than the cabinet (around 4" on each end). I hope they will be OK. I would love your feedback.

I agree - the tile inserts are just a master touch. Congratulations on a fabulous job.

You did a great job of capturing the craftsman feel in a very now kitchen. It's perfectly appropriate without being twee.

Gorgeous!

Beautiful.
Maria

Great job!

That's the best temporary sink!!! :)

Question: do you always have to demo all the way down to the studs every single time?

Thanks,
Amanda

Thanks for giving that home, that has given much over the past 100yrs, just a loving restoration and wonderful transformation.. You respected the original architectural renderings of the home - with great taste & style.
I love old homes especially when the inhabitants due them justice - You did that & then some!

She's good for another 100yrs -

Enjoy!

Kat :)

A few responses to sepcific questions:

pbear_2007: the floor is actually the old one recycled (patched, sanded, polyurethaned). It was heavily stained (dark brown) and borken in places. The wood is Birch and simply has 3 coats of poly-u. No stain

While my son was helpful it was also incredibly helpful when my wife took him off site for entire days at a time (especially around and just after demo) but lots of fun to have him around and "helping"

buffalotina:
I was really into the recessed lights since many of the KDs recommend them for general work lighting. But my wife was completely against them, especially for th period of our house. And I'm glad I listened. Here's a link http://picasaweb.google.com/daveptz/KitchenLighting#5390747282199925026
to a rough sketch of our lighting plan (actually based on the one put together by our KD) My only real regret is maybe that the fan/light is not centered in the room. Our KD was thinking this would be good general work area lighting but as it turns out, we use the undercab lights most and the fan blows a little too close to the gas range when it's on high. Initially, it seemed like the north end of the kitchen might not have enough light (relative to the very well-lit south end) but in fact no work occurs there so it's really not necessary to have more light than we do there. As you can see from the before and afters, of course, the improvements over the old lighting (1 fan/light) are vast.

Anyway, hope you have enough fixtures--we definitely feel we went overbaord a little, but better that than not enough!

Amanda (huango): No you definitely do not always have to demo everything. It does open up several cans of worms, on bug one is that in most jurisdictions, you need to update plumbing, wiring, etc. if the wall is opened, but not if there is no gutting. I knew that the wiring in this kitchen was antiquated and we moved a door and a window over (framing moved) which would have required at least some demo around the two anyway. Wanting to put in all new wiring and insulate the outside wall (which had none) it was really a requirement for us. It really just comes down to the extent and scope of your project, the age of your house, and how much work you want to take on.

Kat (lesmis): The stain on the cabs is a custom gel stain from our local paint shop, Abbott Paint in St Paul, MN. My cabinetmaker gave me a quart for touch-ups as well as the recipe. If you are interested, I can email it to you or post it here, as I don't know if it has a name.

Thanks again for all the great comments!
dave

Again, your kitchen is fabulous and it also makes me yearn for a QS oak kitchen. I think it is truly one of the nicest I have seen as it seems to be light and airy despite being oak. I think what I really like is that you have not overdone the Mission theme which can easily happen.

Congrats on a great job!
Eliz

Congrats!

May I archive your kitchen in the Finished Kitchens Blog? Please give your permission by submitting the FKB Category Checklist.
Thank you!

So glad I checked in while your new kitchen pictures were posted. You did a fantastic job. I love it for all the reasons that people cited above, and I hope you and your family are enjoying your beautiful new space. Congratulations!

Would you be willing to share your pics of the cabinets with our Pine Landscape tile on our Facebook fan page? We encourage our fans to share their ideas and projects there.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Ann-Arbor-MI/Motawi-Tileworks/38017817874?ref=ts

Your kitchen is gorgeous - what an amazing transformation!

You can email me at swlesmis@hotmail.com

Thank you!

Kat :)

Kat :)