kdarling wrote:Blue, I keep trying to visualize your disassembled interior, filled with cardboard mockups and temporary installs, while you noodle (as you often put it) about what to do next!
I don't think I can do it justice in my head
Heh.
Well to help your visualization, it's looking downright civilized in here these days (although there was a rough patch last fall after my cabinetmaker had to suddenly stop working for health reasons). The forward overhead and pillars are covered by fabric, so not too obvious that they are out (and great access!). While they are out I will be turning them grey
The "whipped them up at a boondock" upper cabinets are actually much more pleasing to me than the original ones were (they're plain and simple, but they are nice, light actual maple [plywood] and they don't have the super sharp angle. On the club chair side, the forward chair has been replaced by a mini-van seat with arms and a headrest. More comfortable for me than a club chair, and it still adjusts forward and back and swivels (is on stock Chinook base) plus the backrest tilts from straight up to reclining. Table is a "mockup" but is also light maple, and larger than the original "club table" so more useful. Also adjusts forward and aft on a track. Aft club chair is out and I made a smaller base (the storage under the original base was a bit awkward). I have my cooler style compressor refrigerator there for now (regular door type compressor refrigerator will go in the usual Chinook refrigerator spot this winter).
The couch/bed is like the original in location and look, but I modified right after I bought the rig to be more comfortable (for me).
The galley is pretty much as stock on the sink side, except I just recently removed the spice cabinet (to cut off the "pepper grinders" upper rail) and decided I liked the space so much without it looming over me at the counter that I left it out (stored away of course). Even though I used it all the time - I quickly found places for the things that were in there and so far, don't miss it. I could see making a thinner (less deep) cabinet type thing more in the back corner there. Since the brown (electrical) box is gone down below the ell, I have a large storage area where it was (keep drinking water gallon jugs there).
On the stove side the counter and stove is pretty much set up like the original (but with drawers below the counter instead of the oven - I'm trying just a one-burner stove to see how I like it). Up above, the microwave cabinet is gone, and in its place the main overhead cabinet just runs all the way aft from the club chair area -- like it does on the sink side (in Concourses). So no more "limbo cooking." The refrigerator bay is different. Big refrigerator is gone and the new refrigerator space doesn't stick out any further than the stove counter so the hallway is wider. The countertop is around high bar height (46") (so the refrigerator will fit under it), and there are shelves at the back above it, then above that there is a cabinet up at the overhead that is just like the other main overhead cabinets, but set back in slightly (didn't want one long line of cabinets all just the same). That covers up the refrigerator vent "dent" in the roof so you can't tell it's there, plus there is still a bit of storage in it under that. The counter is a handy place to set things when getting ready to go out or when coming back in.
Entry closet and shower/bathroom are stock (no, really!) (except that I anchored the closet/refrigerator wall to the shell and itself better than it was originally, which was a bit weak - maybe they were relying on the refrigerator to tie things together...).
There you have it, for now. Well, the highlights anyway
Subject to change, of course
(Where is my "noodle" emoticon?)
BG
