Fairfield Kitchen and Bath Pt. #1

I know I told you I wouldn't be blogging too much on this, but I've had the time, so I've done the work, and of course I want to share it...

I worked mainly on getting the kitchen and bathroom ready for assembly.  I know that the directions say to install the main support wall first and build out the living room/dining room and then move on to the kitchen and bathroom...however knowing that the kitchen and bathroom are going to require the bulk of the structural changes/work, I am opting to do those first. 

I am putting the main support wall up, but not as a permanent thing, it's taped into place, there is no glue being used yet...if I were to glue now, I wouldn't be able to access the entry-way later for decorating purposes...

This is what the house *should* look like once the kitchen, hallway and bath are finished, before the main support wall goes in... (it gives me the opportunity to decorate the entry and 2nd floor hall without hassle of the main wall in the way, without doing it this way, this would be impossible later)...

I kept going back and forth on the windows for the kitchen and bath and ultimately decided on one window for the bath, (the width of the original window was perfect so I just filled in the lenght with a discard piece), and the bay window for the kitchen...I will add some trims later, but the height and width I was happy with so I just cut the edges of the window to size and cut out the middle beam from the wall (that split the two windows)...

The bath window I am quite happy with, being as high as it is, it creates a much better layout/design for my bathroom.  The bathroom kit that I am using is the Miss Lydia Pickett bathroom, so I needed the wall space to create the bathtub surround, the toilet surround and the sink surround...

 Finished Kit Picture...

Final Bath layout...

I'm very happy with this set-up for the bathroom and wouldn't be able to create this with that HUGE window right there!!! :)

Here is my RL inspirational photo that I am using for the kitchen.  Here they are using a garden window, but you get the idea.  I love this and would incorporate this into my RL house if I could!

The bay window in the kitchen opens that right up to be a perfect heigh for my sink counters also.  Interior trim will definitely be a saving grace here, but overall I couldn't be happier with this upgrade choice!  I will extend the countertops into the bay in the same manner as above...



Now that the windows were decided on and cut/filled in where needed I did the some of the final steps of prep-work for the kitchen so I can start gluing in the walls.  I built out a solid wall here the kitchen pantry would have been, opting for a cleaner look...I used some thin craft wood as opposed to balsa as the texture is more to my liking.  It fit perfectly (quite by accident) that the door trim sits just against it.  The final step for this room is to cut the ceiling channel for the light installation...