Renovation Blovations: Week Six, Interior get the frame

Happy Friday err-one! Week six has come to an end, M, me and the Commonwealth crew are at about the mid way point. This week was all about interior framing. These guys, Steve and carpenter, Tim worked like demons this week. It was truly a pleasure to come home each night an see what they'd accomplished.

Join me in a quick tour of the new space!

Below is the framed out kitchen ceiling. Tim thought we should keep the lovely fixture, that used to be in the dining room, he felt it really complemented the new decor. NOT! This is the dropped ceiling that I was trying to tell you about early in the blog. It's hard to describe. The ceiling height in the middle of the cove is the standard suburban 8ft, the dropped ceiling around it will lower to 7'3" there will be speakers and spotlights inserted in the dropped area.

Detail of the dropped ceiling in the kitchen. There will be LED lights hidden in this cove area, lighting the interior.

Ok, this view is from the front door, looking into the new dining room into the new kitchen. Notice the curvey new wall area that will frame the entrance to the kitchen. That metal framework is something that Steve said they hadn't used before, but it allow the dry wall guys to attach directly to it. There will be LED lights in the interior of this extended area, shedding indirect light up towards the ceiling.

Another side view of the dining room wall feature.

Tim framed out this display shelf. This was an area that is going to be behind the pantry cabinetry. We saw it on the plans as dead space and asked Melissa if they could use it, and she come up with these built in shelves. They will be lit somehow with LED lighting.

Detail of Tim's handiwork.

Inset shelves, a different view.

Below is the detail of the new structure being framed out in the new living space. This will be a shelf that extends out into the living space from the kitchen cove. There will be LED lighting hidden at it, and there will be space to display things on it.

At it's longest point it extends 26 inches into the new space. The wall above it will be sheetrocked where the studs are, creating a nice backdrop for art, or wallhangings, what-have-you.