Wall-less Kitchen

We finally made it to the last post for Wall-less in Whitehall, the kitchen!

This was an interesting kitchen to say the least. When I first looked at the house (only from the outside because it was a foreclosure), I was excited because I could tell that the kitchen cabinets were new. Once I actually got inside and saw them up close though, they were installed very poorly. But they were are reusable so that's a plus. Luckily, I decided to pull out the new drywall that was also installed in the kitchen. The geniuses before me thought it'd be a good idea to run electrical in front of the studs, but behind the drywall. It is not a good idea to do this. The fun didn't stop there. After I got the kitchen completed and tested the sink, I realized the drain pipe heading into the wall was cracked on the bottom. Water. Everywhere. Luckily, I could fix that with a flexible coupling.

Here's the before pictures!

You can see the utility closet in the last pic. We had to bring in an electrician to swap out the electric panel because this one was an old push button panel. We also replaced the furnace and the a/c outside. The one thing we kept was the water heater. It was only from 2012, I believe. It worked well enough during the tests we did, but unfortunately once the new buyers moved in and used more hot water, it couldn't keep up. If the buyers are reading this (I won't use your names), Sorry again! Hopefully the new one is working great and everything else in the house is performing perfectly!

The closet and entryway got the same tile the laundry area did. We also replaced the back door because the old one had been kicked in.

Here is the rest of the afters:

I finished and painted the old cabinets and pieced in a few new ones to complete the new layout. Some modern hardware, new laminate countertops, new appliances, and a tile backsplash completed the kitchen.

That's it! A full look at all the work that went into this flip! Lots of work and lots of setbacks but overall, I'm happy with how it all came together. Stay tuned for the next project!