But one thing he hadn't gotten to before I moved in was renovating his kitchen. It hasn't been updated since the apartments were built. There are cabinets but no drawers. The floor is old tile. He did get a new fridge and got rid of the old crappy one.
So we finally got to renovating the kitchen. FI got a couple of bids and picked a contractor. The contractor came and got measurements, talked about what we wanted (microwave shelf, lazy susan in the cupboards, etc.), and FI picked out cabinet colors, tiles, and the countertop surface.
We waited for the go-ahead for the renovations to start. Basically the cabinets were being custom made, so we had to wait a few weeks. At that time we also realized the sink was going to be too small and it took some time to make adjustments so we had to wait a little longer.
We spent the night before the renovation started clearing out the kitchen. Our studio became filled with several extra bags and boxes of utensils, plateware, pots and pans, and dry goods. We moved the fridge into the living room and stacked the microwave and toaster on top of it. It was kind of like a dorm room for the last month with the fridge in the living area. :)
The contractor did a ton of work the first day. Not only did he strip everything out in one day, he also put in the top cabinets.
The 2nd day he came (a few days later) he laid down our beautiful granite tile floor and put in the vent for the stove. He also put in all of the bottom cabinets and drawers.
Here's a picture of the kitchen so far.
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