We moved the kitchen cabinets out of storage just before winter got ugly in the fall (2014). They mostly sat in a jumble in the shop until I got to that point. The big push started around the time of the final inspection. One of the point the inspector made was needing a fridge and oven, along with the sink to pass final. So in the April/May time frame we ordered the kitchen appliances to get them in place and make the inspector happy, even though the kitchen was not going to be ready at this point. They came in and I had the delivery guys place them in approximate locations so I could get them connected (for about 5 minutes) to pass inspection. Once that was done, focus turned to getting the wall cabinets done (lowers and uppers). I had built the base out of basic LVL lumber in place in the house, so everything fit perfectly. This worked out well. I was thinking of gluing up plywood to make a thicker base, but Brook suggested just ripping down an LVL beam, which is basically thick plywood (1.75"). That was perfect as it is solid and stable material, not real expensive and easy to get. I had made all the cabinets with flat bottoms so the plan was to make separate bases, level up the base and then mount cabinets to the base. This worked out well. I don't have a lot of photos of this process (was going nutz at this point to get the house livable), but you can see the base from the greenish colored LVL here pulled away from the wall.
After the appliances got delivered and I hooked them up for "final"
Using the base from the house back in the shop to make it all work
Here is cabinet install. This is the rough work that was needed for granite measurement and to get the place working to live there.:
A couple weeks later we got the oven put in place. That is heavy (400+ lbs) so it took 3 guys to do it without destroying anything. You can see the oven sitting in the door to the pantry on the far left.
And the final product, with granite installed, but still needing the front panels on the fridge, a case to cover the vent hood, and a whole lotta trim, backsplash, etc:
We also looked at it after this stage and said it did not look balanced around the window. It needed another upper cabinet. So that cabinet to the left of the vent hood is going to move over to the left to the wall by the window, and a new, slightly wider cabinet will be put up in place of it. This work will be happening along with the island build.
A week or so after we moved in, the granite folks came to measure, as they only work off of actual installed cabinetry, and then they installed about 2 weeks later. We were lucky in getting moved up on their schedule as they had originally said we would be over a month out. I learned from this that when I do future work, to schedule them ahead of time more so we can get it banged out quicker. I am using that knowledge on the island... We are scheduled for granite measurement 1/25/16 and then install about a week later on 2/3. Hopefully all dates hold, and it looks OK so far. So far...
Did a bunch of the final lights in a weekend in early summer too. I didn't take photos of many lights. Here is a shot of the shop as an example (before stone work):
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