Boy - what started as the easiest little project became a new kitchen. For those who have never seen the place, here is the way it looked before. Note the big hood hanging down on the right.
Yes sir, that is an under cabinet hood, only there are no cabinets so lets build a gigantic freakin' hood and block the sunshine from getting in. Yeah, that was all we wanted changed at the time.
Then came Tug. "Hey, its T-uuuu-G" (you have to hear it from him to know how to read that). Tug builds restaurants and what nots, cabinets, etc. He came out to pull this down and replace it for us. Then he didn't like that wall on the right "To high" and "needs a bar top" and while he ripped it down, might as well stretch it longer - makes more counter top space.
Well, here is that same view now (ok, so I don't have the same lens so its not *quite* the same view). Yup, red lacquer cabinet and stainless steel fronts (you can get away with this in a warehouse loft), virginia mist granite counter tops and a travertine bar top in a squash/pumpkin/woodlike grain finish? dunno how to describe it. New hood, new 36" commercial quality stove with a griddle in the middle of 4 huge burners (pure cooks delight). New commercial sink and sprayer, subway beveled tile backsplash - the list goes on and on. All for that new hood. Oh well, what else are stock options good for :-?
Some more smaller pics:
