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The Trustees met last night and made the final decisions for kitchen remodel. Here is what is going to happen.
1. The kitchen will be completed gutted. The pantry on the South wall (the one with the bi-fold doors where we store our paper products) will come out. This is not the Mobile Meals pantry. The ceiling will come down, the appliances will come out, the floor will come up. It will just be bare walls.
2. The floor will be different from a normal floor. It will be a poured epoxy resin with quartz stone added for texture and color. It will have the texture of an orange peel and will be a light brown in color with some grey. It will be not skid/non slip.
3. The layout of the kitchen will be basically the same, except that the refrigerator, freezer, coffee cart and, perhaps, a hot box will go into the alcove that is now the pantry (where paper goods are stored). On the wall where the fridge now sits will be floor to ceiling, wall to wall pantry cabinets. There will be a small dish pass through window on the wall where the sinks are located and there will be a commercial grade dishwasher under that counter.
4. All the cabinets will be custom wood stained fruitwood. All counter tops will be custom stainless steel with a small rolled edge to contain spills and keep things from rolling off of the counter top. The counter tops in the center of the room and where the sinks/dishwasher will be will be divided into three units. The "T" is the current food prep counter and the serving counter. Those will be separate units and will be on casters. This will allow us to move them around in the kitchen for cleaning. Also, the top of the "T" (the serving counter) could be rolled out into the Fellowship Hall to use for serving. They probably won't move around a lot, but it will provide us with that ability. All other cabinets, including the pantry, will be off the ground on stainless steel legs, to insure that they don't get wet. Also, it will allow us to clean under them, on occasion.
5. There will be a new refrigerator and freezer (stainless steel, commercial grade). Also, there will be a stainless steel microwave oven, mounted under a cabinet that will hang next to the stove. Under the microwave, between the stove and pantry cabinet, will be a stainless steel counter top, open underneath for parking of rolling cart(s). We are keeping our current stove, but do plan to do some work on it, perhaps to add an electronic ignition on the ovens.
6. The ceiling will be raised about 7 inches. The new drop down ceiling will be 2' X 2', instead of the 2' X 4' --which is how most of the ceilings are done. The tiles will have a bevelled edge that will allow them to set down in the grid (a more decorative look). The lights will be the standard lay in fluorescence four feet long (2' X 2' U tube lights are available, but tubes are pretty expensive to replace). We are going to keep the same ceiling fans and don't plan to clean off any of the dust or dirt. Just kidding!!! We will have new ceiling fans as well.
Well, that's about it. We will begin demo on Friday, Dec. 29. Most of the work on the remodel will be done by contractors. But demo is the one major thing that we are doing. So, if you want to help tear out the kitchen, plan to be here early on Friday. We will probably still be working on Saturday, so plan to come then as well.
The Trustees met last night and made the final decisions for kitchen remodel. Here is what is going to happen.
1. The kitchen will be completed gutted. The pantry on the South wall (the one with the bi-fold doors where we store our paper products) will come out. This is not the Mobile Meals pantry. The ceiling will come down, the appliances will come out, the floor will come up. It will just be bare walls.
2. The floor will be different from a normal floor. It will be a poured epoxy resin with quartz stone added for texture and color. It will have the texture of an orange peel and will be a light brown in color with some grey. It will be not skid/non slip.
3. The layout of the kitchen will be basically the same, except that the refrigerator, freezer, coffee cart and, perhaps, a hot box will go into the alcove that is now the pantry (where paper goods are stored). On the wall where the fridge now sits will be floor to ceiling, wall to wall pantry cabinets. There will be a small dish pass through window on the wall where the sinks are located and there will be a commercial grade dishwasher under that counter.
4. All the cabinets will be custom wood stained fruitwood. All counter tops will be custom stainless steel with a small rolled edge to contain spills and keep things from rolling off of the counter top. The counter tops in the center of the room and where the sinks/dishwasher will be will be divided into three units. The "T" is the current food prep counter and the serving counter. Those will be separate units and will be on casters. This will allow us to move them around in the kitchen for cleaning. Also, the top of the "T" (the serving counter) could be rolled out into the Fellowship Hall to use for serving. They probably won't move around a lot, but it will provide us with that ability. All other cabinets, including the pantry, will be off the ground on stainless steel legs, to insure that they don't get wet. Also, it will allow us to clean under them, on occasion.
5. There will be a new refrigerator and freezer (stainless steel, commercial grade). Also, there will be a stainless steel microwave oven, mounted under a cabinet that will hang next to the stove. Under the microwave, between the stove and pantry cabinet, will be a stainless steel counter top, open underneath for parking of rolling cart(s). We are keeping our current stove, but do plan to do some work on it, perhaps to add an electronic ignition on the ovens.
6. The ceiling will be raised about 7 inches. The new drop down ceiling will be 2' X 2', instead of the 2' X 4' --which is how most of the ceilings are done. The tiles will have a bevelled edge that will allow them to set down in the grid (a more decorative look). The lights will be the standard lay in fluorescence four feet long (2' X 2' U tube lights are available, but tubes are pretty expensive to replace). We are going to keep the same ceiling fans and don't plan to clean off any of the dust or dirt. Just kidding!!! We will have new ceiling fans as well.
Well, that's about it. We will begin demo on Friday, Dec. 29. Most of the work on the remodel will be done by contractors. But demo is the one major thing that we are doing. So, if you want to help tear out the kitchen, plan to be here early on Friday. We will probably still be working on Saturday, so plan to come then as well.
1 comment:
WOO HOO!!! Let's tear something up!!
Kirsten
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