Home Building Diary

Kitchen Cabinets, Heat, and a Front Door

December 19th, 2006

My small house now has its own unique front door. The house is a “Charleston Single House” design, so the front door actually opens onto the porch. Mine’s a louvered screen door. Here are outside and inside views … (click to see larger uncropped photos)

Yes, that one wall of the porch is white while the others are green. Don’t ask why; it’s art.

Details around the front door are in place too … the house number, the fancy nickel screendoor latch from VanDyke’s (which looks great but works crappy), the stainless steel post caps (copper is just so … common … don’t you agree?).

Inside the house, I now have heat. Yesiree! It’s simple baseboard electric heat. I bought programmable thermostats to help keep heating costs under control. The thermostats are line-voltage units, which aren’t easy to find. I ordered mine online from Atlanta Supply. They’re made by Honeywell, are nice and compact, and easy to use.

More big news … the kitchen cabinets are here! Made by KraftMaid and installed by Peninsula Cabinets today. They’re cherry in a sort-of Shaker style. I’ve got quite a bit of storage in the kitchen — more than I expected in an 8×8 room. The upper cabinets go all the way to the ceiling.

That’s all for now. The next steps are to finish the trim in the kitchen, tile the shower, lay the bathroom floor, and install the bathroom vanity. All in preparation for the plumbers to do their thing.

Merry Christmas!

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