In my previous Kitchen Krazy blog post, I explained our design inspirations and some of our furniture ideas for the kitchen in our 1920s vintage bungalow. Let’s see how it worked out!
Greg sanded down the kitchen cabinet door frames that we had repurposed from the spare doors on an antique cabinet we bought to use as a bedroom bookcase.
(You can see the finished bookcase here.) I cut new glass panels using seeded glass that looks like old glass.
We knew those would be the upper cabinet doors on either side of the sink. From there, John Hopfensperger of Cayce Custom Cabinetry designed the kitchen cabinets.
John’s designs included all of our wish list items such as a rack for plates, shelves next to the window for growing herbs, a lazy Susan corner cabinet for pots and pans, a slide-out garbage can, and a spot for the microwave off the counter. The vintage light fixtures were hung first.
In addition to kitchen cabinets, I also wanted to use an antique buffet in the kitchen to add even more character to the space. We found an 1920s Arts & Crafts antique buffet in France several years ago and knew it was the perfect piece! It was even painted on the inside with the same blue-green color that I wanted for the cabinets and it has wonderful antique glass doors. Although the top would normally sit on the bottom cabinet, we wanted to hang the top on the wall in order to create more counter space.
I held my breath while Greg and the cabinet installers hung it!
The hardware on this cabinet also inspired the choice of hardware for the rest of the kitchen.
I haven’t completely moved everything in yet nor finished decorating my wonderful kitchen, but here are some early “after” photos.
Of course, I am also not planning to have plywood counter tops. I want copper counters, but that is still a project we haven’t finished yet. We also have work to do for a backsplash. Don’t worry – you’ll see finished photos eventually!
Although the house is far from finished, with the installation of the kitchen, we were finally ready to move in – after three years of hard work!
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Stock kitchen cabinets were out of the question so we hired a local craftsman, John Hopfensperger of 
There were four extra glass doors that came with this bookcase, and we decided those would make great kitchen cabinet doors.
You might remember that I blogged about an awesome vintage double sink (it still has the original Sears catalogue sticker from 1952 inside) that we found at a ReStore when we were 
We had originally thought that we’d refinish the original hardwood floors, but most of the boards were dry-rotted and had to be completely removed.
It really went pretty fast! Greg and Frank were able to lay the laminate in the front living room and dining room in one day.
Do you like my vintage 
Now that the floors were down, we could build the closets that we purchased from Ikea. Ikea does know how to provide a great amount of storage space in a small area. Our master closet is now in the same footprint as the only original bathroom in the house.
Stay tuned! The kitchen is the last piece that is truly needed before we can move in and that will be the next Vintage Life blog post!
In the continuing story of As the Bungalow Renovation Turns – a.k.a. the 
There were quite a few areas where the wood underneath the shingles needed to be replaced too.
Here are the finished skylights. They are perfect to bring in the light and give us a glimpse of sky.
We are delighted that it looks so great. We could have done without an extra roofing job but it all turned out for the best! We were so lucky that our little vintage bungalow stayed nice and dry when Hurricane Joachim blew through.
We didn’t intend to have eight fuzzy babies, it just worked out that way. We know we have a cat overpopulation situation, so as we worked on the 
We built steps up to corner platforms on each side of the porch and then more steps up to walkways along the top of the porch and over the screened door, so that there are plenty of spots for all six cats to enjoy the porch at the same time. We also built a fireman’s pole out of sisal rope so that they could climb up and down it like a tree and use it for a scratch post.
Minkey and Fozzy take their perches to enjoy the view at sunset.
Fozzy knows we can’t reach him up there.
Lenny, Fozzy and Minkey checking out the neighborhood after the sun has set. Everyone really enjoys “cat paradise” on the patio – even Greg and I like to kick back on the porch with a couple beers after a long day.
…and the jasmine and climbing roses were taking over the trellis. 
We also built two raised garden boxes and planted peach trees and fig trees: 
…and in the side yard:
We added four planters on the steps – two of which belonged to Greg’s great grandmother – family heirlooms for blooms! We also added hanging baskets, bird feeders and a couple bird baths, and I built a rose bed around the mailbox out of vintage bricks.
In the backyard, we built two more raised garden boxes.
We have strawberries in one bed; corn, beans, peas, and cucumbers in another; watermelon, cantalope, and zucchini in a third, and tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers in the fourth.
If you want to look out for the December issue of Victorian Homes magazine, here’s the front cover! Gorgeous isn’t it? The festive cover puts me in the mood for the holidays!