Where do we begin? Existing Conditions

Existing Conditions

Welcome back!! Like I was discussing in the last post, this house was built in 1974. The kitchen has never been updated except for some new appliances. The new appliances are the stainless flavor, but still not enough to dampen the UGLY of this kitchen. The cabinets were site built to fit the space. The doors are plywood and edge beveled so you can actually see the layers in the plywood. These gotta go!
Since I cook so much (or at least did once upon a time) I decided that the kitchen MUST have an island. A nice large space to prepare things, to cut and chop, stir and mix, etc. I wanted some very large pull out drawers, almost tray like, to hold all the pots and pans. The