EXTREME KITCHEN RENOVATION EP 3 | Appliances, Electrical, Plumbing, Insulation & Drywall

with the structural changes to our new

kitchen going as smoothly as we could

have hoped for we are finally ready to

start adding in the new this week we're

deciding on appliances running plumbing

and electrical and with new drywall

installed it's starting to look like a

real

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room

was before we jump into today's video I

am so excited to introduce my latest

candle scent for my brand Ain lure and

it's named Willow and this candle has

been in the works for many many months

because I wanted to include a note in it

that isn't very common year round which

is frankincense and normally you see

that in the holiday time we were finally

able to create a scent that had

frankincense in it but was for year

round from the beginning I've been

calling this my creativity scent and if

you've ever looked up any of the

benefits of Frankincense incredible for

so many things including promoting

creativity so we paired it with naroli

which on top gives this sweetness

citrusy sweetness a very light hint and

then we grounded it with palosanto

Cedarwood and frankincense also in this

candle is taban and elmy and together

they create a warm woodsy yet bright

candle it still has some uplifting

elements to it the goal with this candle

was to really calm your home your space

and your mind so that creativity could

flourish so that calmness can flourish

in your home and it really can go into

any space where you want to promote a

sense of calm a new scent wouldn't be

complete without a new candle vessel

this is the custom vessel that I

designed based off of vintage glasswar

and we did it in a topaz color but this

particular version of topaz was really

my take on it and it had a hint of pink

just a hint of pink in it which was

making it perfect to launch this season

and to keep year around cuz it literally

pairs with everything that I put in my

home and of course my mom painted a

custom painting for the scent and it's

of a landscape and of the frankincense

tree because frankincense actually comes

from a tree so excited about this scent

I cannot wait for you guys to smell it

and see it in person is officially

available now when you're watching this

I'll leave the link to the website in

the description box so that you guys can

check it out and I can't wait to see

these in your

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home we've officially completed demo and

structural changes additions things that

we wanted to change within the kitchen

from what it was we had really low

ceilings they were able to Vault the

ceiling we got the cathedral with the S

it in the center so that it matches the

rest of the house and we still have

space to run things like Central AC

Electrical and put some lighting up

there as well if they have any framing

left to do it's very minimal and they'll

tackle it in the morning so tomorrow the

electrici and the plumber is going to

come since the framing is done they're

able to run all the wires for the new

electrical they've already relocated

that breaker box that we had that sub

panel that we had in the middle of the

wall they've already relocated it and

reallocated it just to our main panel on

the side of the house which was only

like 5 ft away from the sub panel so

we've gotten that all taken care of so

now they can add the new stuff so I sat

down and figured out exactly where I

wanted every light every recess light

every light that was going to be more

decorative every Outlet what I really

wanted in this space because in kitchens

kitchens are really high task place like

there you do a lot in a kitchen and you

need to be able to see and something

that we really lacked in the kitchen and

throughout the house

was light and so we've really optimized

the lighting now during the day for

natural light so the skylights are going

to help the breaking down the center

wall is going to help to give us light

in the morning and the afternoon and

just the placement of the windows and

everything is it's really going to help

the space during the day but what about

at night or what about on a gloomy day

like today it's not really going to give

us that light now I always air on the

side of more is better when it comes to

lighting because you have the option to

use whatever lights you want uh so I sat

down and I literally created our

electrical and lighting plan I went a

little overboard and I did it on the

actual floor plan so that I could really

plan it out but even a drawing would

have helped tell the electrician like

what we needed for sure we know we

wanted one if not two pendant lights

over the dining room table that was a

must I want something pretty in the

center of the room so I kind of started

with my prettier stuff and went from

there and also because the back wall is

so full of like glass Cabinetry and it's

a really beautiful statement I wanted

lighting to actually kind of shoot on to

that more like picture lighting more

like if you had a piece of art on the

wall it would shine directly so I wanted

to do directional lights with lights on

gimbals so that we can move them around

right in front of that glass Cabinetry I

also wanted one that went right over the

sink cuz that's always a good place to

put either a recess light or something

more decorative so I opted for something

more decorative there so we definitely

have to find a pretty light to go there

and then in the ceiling I filled in with

recess lighting anytime that there was a

space between the countertop and the

bottom of the cabinet above I wanted to

put under counter lighting I love that

light as kind of like a night light in a

sense it can be softer and if you know

anything about me you know that I don't

like to see

Outlets I don't want to see them on the

tile I don't want to have to do that so

I've actually opted to do a power strip

of sorts like under counter Outlet strip

essentially anywhere an outlet will be

seen I want to hide it anywhere an

outlet is going to be like inside of a

cabinet like we want for the coffee bar

and the appliance Pantry those are fine

those do not need to be hidden it can

just go directly on the wall so another

thing that we really need to decide on

before we meet with the electrician in

the plumber is what appliances we're

going to be putting into the kitchen now

we did save our dishwasher so that's

existing so they know what that is and

what's needed for that if there was

anything specific but what are we going

to do for our sink our oven and our

refrigerator those are three big ones

because sometimes these things can be

pretty specific and need specific things

whether it's Plumbing or certain Outlets

gas versus something else so we need to

decide on so I just pulled up at

Universal Appliance and kitchen Center I

haven't never been here before but I

found it and I think that they have the

oven that I'm kind of leaning towards

and we did go through this process at

the cottage and I visited a couple of

places to look for appliances so I'm

pretty familiar with the brands I just

want to refresh my memory and Romeo is

going to meet me here so that we can

really like go through it together

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they also have hardware and faucets we

need to pick our faucets our pot filler

might as well look at everything oh

we're here I know for sure I want to do

all vintage hardware for the Cabinetry

so I'm not going to be looking at any of

this stuff really but it's good to see

it in person I definitely want to look

at the faucets specifically at Coler we

also want to do a water filtration

system so I'm going to be doing some

research on like which ones are the best

okay now we're getting to the ovens I

happen to love the refrigerator that we

did in the cottage it was ma maa

everyone says I say some it different I

say it the other way I love it I love

the baskets this is a

kodor and it's similar I love the

quality of that brand and I do want it

panel I do not want to see the fridge

like this I just happen to love that

style more so I wouldn't be upset about

going with the same fridge as the garage

for sure

it's pretty cool it's like completely

hidden no Hardware no nothing too modern

but like that's pretty

cool Subzero is what my parents have and

it feels very industrial to like

industrial kitchen like not the vibe

this is

paneled I take it back this is Subzero

and it doesn't look industrial it was

just the one I opened we made it to the

ma

section if I'm getting this excited over

a brand I feel like I should just go

with it

again there's something about it like

I've looked at all of them again and

there's something about this brand I

just love it's the baskets in the

freezer I love the wire and we've had it

and we've lived with it and I just know

that I love it this is the three-door

French drawer style Master cool French

door this is a exact refrigerator that

we have but paneled so we don't have the

the

front like all of this we don't have now

when it comes to ovens we are not going

to have wall ovens like that we would

lose the storage space so we're just

going to have 48 in range with an oven

underneath I don't know if it's l or

live they have one of them here but not

the style I wanted but we at least we

get to EXP experience it this is the

Bosch brand and this is the dishwasher

that we already have heard really good

things about this brand and I really

like our dishwasher that's why we kept

it and we're just going to like

resurface it they pretty much all have

the French doors but they also have the

refrigerator I'm wondering if this one

comes panel it's a very similar um

refrigerator part but the freezer

doesn't have the same baskets but I mean

I'm interested to see the price

difference cuz you never know

because it has like these which isn't

quite as nice but still really nice I'd

like to see the they don't have the they

don't have the price so when you're

picking a refrigerator there are a

couple things that that you need to

decide on height and depth look how tall

this one is and look at you see the

difference like the Heights and stuff I

always like taller taller is better um

but also counter depth or deeper it

really depends on what kind of space you

need in your refrigerator um so we would

definitely want taller and not as deep

like we would want counter depth okay

Romeo met me there and we walked through

one more time and I narrowed it down for

us by the time you see this I will have

gathered all of my thoughts and I'll put

on the screen our final selects because

we really need to make these decisions

pretty quickly I definitely think we're

leaning towards doing the same

refrigerator that we did in the cottage

because I love it and we both love it

and that was one of the request Quest

that Romeo had when we were starting

this renovation he was like could we get

the same fridge I do love this black and

Brass oven from Ilie I didn't get to see

it in person at this place I still think

it's going to be good I think I've seen

enough pictures of it where it's going

to be good and we're keeping our

dishwasher and I want to go visit the

Coler showroom so that I can see the

faucets and things but that can come a

little

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later got my plant my binder tape

measure painters tape and a Sharpie okay

so we'll go wall by wall so this is what

we're calling the back wall this is the

wall that has the oven and the

refrigerator so we need those types of

outlets now they already have the list

of appliances that I'm actually

purchasing installation guides the

specific things that each of them were

going to need you know because I have a

very specific range that I bought so I'm

like I need a 220 outlet I need gas line

natural gas so things like that this

Outlet already exists and that one we'll

use for the refrigerator the only thing

that it needs is water and I see that

they've already written it here so that

is for the ice maker in the refrigerator

in the center here is the stove I see

they have it stove written and it's

right in the center of the wall this one

I need a 220 outlet so that we know for

sure okay we've got a weird Outlet here

that we don't need each side of the

range there's two bottom cabinets and

then two uppers they're not very wide

because of the restraints from the

window and things and I wanted

everything to be balanced but I

definitely want to do two

here this wall is pretty much staying

very similar in terms of its design

because I want to keep the sink and the

dishwasher here we're just kind of

expanding the counter space and

maximizing the space that was here so we

don't have that dead area anymore by the

door and we're kind of expanding it that

way as well because that was where the

old refrigerator was definitely need

power for the dishwasher and the garbage

disposal things like underneath the sink

so we'll need one down there so that'll

be

110 and then there's going to be a

bottom Cabinetry here with a countertop

and upper so there's going to be a space

again so I definitely want to plug here

that's that's all we need there and then

again one on the other side this wall is

pretty heavy on the Cabinetry both

lowers and uppers we've got a pantry

going on that side this is the entryway

to the living room that's closed up

right now and then from the entryway all

the way to the wall is all cabinets we

have modified the design a little bit to

give us 6t of additional counter space

so instead of having that full cabinets

like that the whole wall sits on the

countertop which I love the look of the

more we thought about how much storage

we were actually adding we have plenty

so we can afford to have that a little

raise a little higher I don't think that

we'll use it a ton but I think there are

certain times of year that we'll use it

um you know to display food like if

we're having like a get together or

something I don't know 6ot of counter

space is is quite substantial this is

all going to be like higher here so I

definitely want one plug counter height

here definitely want one plug here

because this is going to be the coffee

bar so I want that counter height and

then I want one plug in the pantry at

counter height because that's going to

be kind of like appliance storage we're

going to have a microwave in there they

can actually like pull out or whatever

we're going to figure that out but I

definitely want to plug inside and I

think right here this what used to be

the door it's now going to be a wall

because this is the refrigerator I'm

going to add one lower because this is

going to be a great place to plug things

in like lower you know you kind of I

think they'll add it regardless cuz I

think it needs it

the refrigerator is going to stick out

so I'm going to put it on this

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one cool okay Outlets done all of the

upper cabinets anything that sits off of

the ground is going to have lighting cuz

I want that I want that that's another

wire that they need to

run okay so these lights were originally

in our kitchen I wanted to try and reuse

them Salvage them and put them both

together and hang them as two over the

din dining room table one of my concerns

was that since we were opening up the

room so much that it was going to feel

too it was going to be too big for these

these were going to feel too small too

insignificant that's why I was like well

maybe two of them together might work

now obviously they have to be rewired

because they're not going to be long

enough but I want Romeo to hold them up

so that I can see like

scale are we going to use these or not

and hang it like off to the side like

right low lower lower lower lower yeah

and just over like in front of you yeah

it's like are they too small we have two

of them it's kind of like in between

it's kind of like they could be a little

bigger it's basically like I need to

determine we're going to do the two I

need two boxes if we don't do the two

and I do a big one single chandel here I

only need one box so kind of have to

pick like

now for the oven uh run cut for six uh

six six we're going to run six for the

oven and you figure out 50 30 one I need

power for the hood it's exterior vent

it's exteror exterior vent just giving

me a power I will send you all the specs

uh we have power here counter the same

thing underlight counter window stay yes

nothing here any Appliance here nothing

just the oven okay now switch for the

power

the dishwasher yeah and garbage disposal

garbage disposal so two air gap switch

one light counter continue L the counter

continue L shape okay so this one this

one you can do counter you want to do

counter or count uh yeah that's actually

on the counter on the wall because

that's going to be the coffee bar so I

need to plug in the coffee there ball

plug wall PL because we close the doors

yeah so anything that's hidden by a

cabinet you can put it on the wall but

anything that's

exposed hide

it now so the switch door no door

opening so we're going to do the light

from inside we have a Col when we can

like this on the side of the Cabinetry

right there perfect mhm mhm my PL is

good

huh maybe we can

maybe and the light

yeah so we'll do one off center here not

in the center but off center I'm going

to grow like flowers here off

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center the AC first I need to check see

this old how it's coming I need to check

okay yeah so I need one vent here Center

between the light so one here so Center

C and

one here Center yes but I want to check

what's going on in the house if

everything's okay if it's not connected

disconnected

oh you want to check it I want to check

what's going on so I'm I want to open it

again after it's original do you want a

regular square box or do you want linear

but like those we have a regular square

inside so traditional house yeah

traditional house Trad we not looking

for anything special I don't know if the

size is right look the big of the room

is like 14 by 14 or 15 by 16

right 15 16 by 17 yeah oh okay so it's

even more 250 ft can we run the system

we check the air flow or yeah yeah K it

down so it turn yes please yeah I just

want to see the air flow see what we

okay good what you wanted you want one

here one one over there you said one one

in the center of the two lights and then

one in the center of the got you want

like uh 10x 10 8 by

8 the better that's going to fill the

room I guess so 10 x 10 ccle yeah

whatever you think 10 by 10 it's good so

everything's connected I'm going to put

two new ducts here I'm going to change

it to new ones we put two boxes

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so today they tackled all of the

insulation they already have drywall

here all here

this is so exciting because it's just

it's just this process this project is

moving so quickly it's making me so

happy but it feels like when you talk in

here it feels like muffled like it's so

insulated it's going to be so good like

it's going to keep it cool or hot

wherever whatever we want the

temperature inside the skylights are

also energy efficient so that the sun's

going to kind of beam down on them of

course our older windows

aren't energy efficient they're from the

30s but I love it you know me and

partial to older Windows one thing you

can do to older Windows which we have

every intention on doing in the cottage

is actually filming them so you can put

a film on the glass to help with that

hasn't really been a problem so we we

haven't done it but you could always do

that if we need to but this is

incredible they might start putting up

the drywall tomorrow um which is

incredible

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you guys I cannot believe we are to this

stage in just under a month they have

been able to not only demo the space

change it structurally break down a wall

add the cathedral ceiling add skylights

to the space for even more light run all

the plumbing and the electrical and dry

wall in just under a month I am so so

happy with our progress now it's looking

like a real room now you can really see

what the space will become it's truly so

crazy I do think that they have to do

the skim coat uh on the drywall the

drywall isn't completely finished but it

is all up and kind of seam together and

now you can really see where the

electrical is so right here is where the

oven goes so we've got the power and

electrical for the hood Plumbing for our

pop filler here we have under cabinet

lighting and the power strip to go under

the upper cabinets which is fantastic we

have the plugin water for the

refrigerator we have the gas line

natural gas and the outlet we have two

outlets there I don't know what the

other Outlet is for maybe they knew that

they needed because they know what

appliances we're going to have we kept

the sink and the dishwasher in the same

spot so they could use some of the stuff

but they actually did have to relocate

the plumbing for the sink into the wall

cuz it wasn't I mean we had two pipes

sticking straight up underneath our sink

so we couldn't really use the space

under the sink and it should have been

relocated into the wall when they

updated it from the 30s but they didn't

since there's a crawl space it was

easier for them to kind of manipulate so

they pulled the plumbing into the wall

and now we just have the spets coming

out which is great we've got the power

for the dishwasher and the garbage

disposal under cabinet lighting here and

also a switch for a new light that's

going to go outside because every door

for code has to have a light we won't

see outlets on the wall but we will see

switches which is okay I mean that's

just inevitable but uh we needed I

wanted a porch light out there anyway so

it was great we have under cabinet

lighting here to kind of run this whole

span above the countertop here which is

great plug for the coffee maker inside

and a plug in the pantry now you can

really see where the lighting in the

ceiling is going to go to we've got

three on this side for recess and then

three matching on the other side so

that's going to offer us plenty of light

on each side of the kitchen and then we

have two more in the center Center so we

have determined that the two lights that

we saved we couldn't put higher bulbs in

them so they were never going to give us

enough light so we're not going to be

able to use those lights in this space

but I am saving them but we're on a

mission to find a really beautiful

Center light for over the dining room

table and also a pretty light to go

right above the sink that's going to be

a really beautiful moment as well we

already have our new AC vents installed

we were actually able to use what was

existing for our AC uh they were just

able to kind of add on to it and extend

it and make sure it's all like perfect

um but we were able to use that so we

didn't have to do any updates to that

one modification that we did do to this

side of the lighting that I wanted like

the pretty spotlights is we went down to

two because there just wasn't enough

room in the ceiling to do three with the

beam and the other recess slides you

know some things you just have to modify

and change as you go and that was one of

them I am so so happy with the progress

that we're making in just under a month

which is insane crazy we are now

officially entering kind of the prettier

stage you know we're done with the

structural work we're done trying to

strip things away and fix the issues you

know now we're to the point where we can

paint and get our custom doors and fix

these windows so that they actually open

and function which I've wanted to do for

a while paint and put up lighting and