1216 - Moving the Entrance and Kitchen Layout
December 17-23, 2001 | June 17-23, 2002
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HI, I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR URBAN FARMHOUSE HERE
IN MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
TODAY WE'RE REFRAMING
THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE
SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
THE FRONT DOOR OVER TO THE SIDE.
WE'LL BE TAKING YOU
ON A TOUR OF THE ROYALL HOUSE,
A BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL
FROM THE 1730s,
AND ALSO WE'LL BE
TALKING KITCHEN DESIGN
AND LIGHTING DESIGN.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HOME AGAIN.
SIMPLE OLD HOUSES LIKE
THIS VERY OFTEN HAVE
A FRONT DOOR THAT
OPENS RIGHT DIRECTLY
INTO THE LIVING ROOM,
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, HALF OF THE
YEAR WITH COLD WEATHER,
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP
THE COLD DRAFT OUT.
SO ONE OF THE ARCHITECT'S
SOLUTIONS HERE
IS TO MOVE THIS DOORWAY
OVER TO THE SIDE
AND FRAME IN A PROPER FOYER.
LET'S GO IN.
NOW, THIS ORIGINAL DOOR
HAS ALREADY BEEN--
THE PLASTER'S ALREADY
BEEN STRIPPED AROUND HERE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WAS
VERY SIMPLY FRAMED.
THERE'S BARELY
A HEADER HERE--IT'S JUST
A TWO-BY-FOUR ON THE FLAT,
AND WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO
RIGHT NOW IS CUT OUT
THIS SECTION OVER HERE.
[SOUND OF POWER SAW]
NOW, THIS IS MATT ALEXANDER,
WHO'S BEEN MAKING THE CUTS
JUST WITH A REGULAR
CIRCULAR SAW.
MATT, THIS IS A BALLOON FRAME
SITUATION, RIGHT?
RIGHT. THAT MEANS
THE STUDS GO ALL THE WAY
FROM THE BOTTOM PLATE,
OR SILL,
ALL THE WAY UP PAST
THE FIRST FLOOR,
ESSENTIALLY,
AND THEN THE SECOND
FLOOR IS HUNG OFF
OF THEM.
EXACTLY.
THAT MAKES
A DIFFERENCE TO US
BECAUSE WE CAN'T
GET A KING STUD IN
THE SAME WAY
THAT THEY DID IT
WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY
FRAMED THE HOUSE,
SO WE'RE GOING TO
PUT OUR HEADER FROM
THIS KING STUD
ALL THE WAY TO
THE OUTSIDE WALL
KING STUD,
AND THAT WAY,
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
PUT IN SOME JACK STUDS
WHERE WE WANT
THE DOOR TO BE.
RIGHT, AND CHARLIE
TOMASZEWSKI'S HERE.
CHARLIE, I THINK
THERE WAS A WINDOW HERE
AT ONE POINT, RIGHT?
YES, AT ONE TIME,
PROBABLY ABOUT
50 YEARS OR SO AGO
THEY DID A RENOVATION,
AND THEY HAD A WINDOW HERE,
AND WE WERE ABOUT TO
JUST TAKE THAT OUT
TO GET OUR NEW DOOR IN.
ALL RIGHT,
SO THE NEXT STEP IS,
SINCE THESE ARE
FULL DIMENSIONAL STUDS,
YOU'VE MADE THE FIRST CUT
WITH THE CIRCULAR SAW
AND NOW YOU'RE READY TO
CUT THROUGH THE REST OF IT
WITH A RECIPROCATING
SAW, RIGHT?
OK, GO AHEAD.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEW HEADER
IS ACTUALLY TWO TWO-BY-TENS.
THEY'RE SANDWICHED ON
A REGULAR PIECE OF ONE INCH,
OR THREE-QUARTER INCH STOCK,
AND THIS GIVES YOU
THE FULL DIMENSION
OF THE STUDS
THAT WERE THERE.
[NAIL GUN SHOTS]
NOW, THE WEIGHT OF THE UPPER
AREA THAT WAS BEING CARRIED
BY THOSE STUDS
IS BEING TRANSFERRED
VIA THE HEADER
TO THIS STUD
AND TO THE CORNER,
AND SO WE CAN REMOVE
WHAT'S UNDERNEATH IT,
BUT FIRST YOU WANT TO
CUT OUT ANY NAILS
BETWEEN THE SHEATHING
AND THE STUDS.
Vila: IT'S INTERESTING
THAT THE ORIGINAL SIDING
ON THIS HOUSE,
BEAUTIFUL CEDAR CLAPBOARDS,
WAS COVERED OVER FIRST
BY A LAYER OF CEDAR SHINGLES
AND THEN BY SOME
MAN-MADE SHINGLES LATER ON.
AND THESE WERE
JUST ADDED IN HERE KIND OF WHEN
THEY PATCHED THINGS UP
AND REMOVED THE WINDOW.
HOW ARE THOSE STUDS COMING ON?
WE'RE GETTING THERE.
THEY'RE POPPING
RIGHT OUT.
Vila: SO, NOW WE'RE PUTTING UP
NEW JACK STUDS
TO SUPPORT THE HEADER
FOR THE DOOR.
WE JUST TACKED THEM IN PLACE
AND THEN CHECKED FOR PLUMB.
NOW WE CAN NAIL
THIS JACK STUD, AND ADD
ANOTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WITH THE NEW HEADER AND
JACK STUDS TACKED IN POSITION,
WE CAN NAIL THE SHEATHING TO
THE NEW STUDS FROM THE OUTSIDE.
THEN WE'LL BE READY
TO CUT THE SHEATHING TO
CREATE THE NEW OPENING.
WE'VE MARKED OFF THE EDGE
OF OUR JACK STUDS
ON THE OUTSIDE,
ON THE SHEATHING,
AND SNAPPED A LINE
TO GUIDE OUR CUT.
ONCE WE REMOVE
ALL OF THE SHEATHING,
WE'LL BE READY TO MOVE THE DOOR
FRAME INTO ITS NEW LOCATION.
OK, SO THE DOOR
WILL TEMPORARILY
STAY OVER THERE.
[SQUEAKING]
NOISY.
[GROANING]
THERE WE GO.
THE EXISTING FRAME
GOES IN OVER HERE...
AND THE DOOR WILL
GO RIGHT BACK IN.
NEXT, WE'LL TOUR
THE ROYALL HOUSE,
A BEAUTIFUL 1730s COLONIAL
IN HISTORIC MEDFORD,
MASSACHUSETTS.
WE'RE VISITING THE ROYALL HOUSE
IN HISTORIC MEDFORD,
MASSACHUSETTS,
NAMED AFTER ISAAC ROYALL,
A CROWN LOYALIST
AND VERY WEALTHY MAN
IN THE 1700s,
PROBABLY THE PARAGON OF
THE TRIANGULAR TRADE.
HE'S A MAN WHO MADE A FORTUNE
IN ANTIGUA AND IN BOSTON,
TRADING IN SLAVES,
IN RUM, IN SUGAR,
AND ONE OF HIS GREAT
HOPES WAS TO HAVE
THE MOST PRETENTIOUS
AND AMBITIOUS HOUSE IN
ALL OF THE BOSTON AREA,
AND THIS IS IT: A CLASSIC
EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN
GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE.
THE INTERESTING THING
IS THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY
A REMODELING.
THERE WAS AN EARLIER HOUSE HERE,
BUILT BY THE FAMOUS GOVERNOR
WINTHROP IN THE 1630s,
AND OVER THAT SHELL,
MR. ISAAC ROYALL CREATED
THIS EXCITING EXAMPLE OF
GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE,
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE
IS ACTUALLY THE RIVER FACADE.
MOST OF THESE HOUSES PRESENTED
TWO VERY IMPORTANT FACADES:
ONE FOR PEOPLE ARRIVING BY WATER
ON THE RIVER, ON THE MYSTIC,
AND THE OTHER FOR PEOPLE
ARRIVING BY COACH
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
NOW, THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT THIS FACADE
IS THAT IT REALLY DOES REPRESENT
EXACTLY THE KIND OF ARCHITECTURE
THAT WAS BEING BUILT IN LONDON
IN THE 1730s,
AND IN FACT, ROYALL HAD
DESIGN BOOKS SHIPPED
DIRECTLY TO HIS BROTHER,
WHO WAS OVERSEEING
THE CONSTRUCTION HERE,
SO THAT THE DETAILS--NOT JUST
THE QUOIN COURSES THAT YOU SEE
ON EITHER CORNER--
BUT THE DETAILS OF THE WINDOWS,
THE WAY THEY'RE ARRANGED, ONE
ON TOP OF THE OTHER, THE DOOR--
THIS HOUSE REEKS
OF PALLADIANISM.
IF WE GO TO THE OTHER FACADE,
THE WEST FACADE ORIGINALLY FACED
THE LONG ALLEE OF TREES IN A ROW
THAT BROUGHT COACHES
TO A COBBLED CIRCLE
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS FACADE,
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING
ABOUT THIS FACADE
IS THAT IT'S WOOD,
BUT IT'S A WOOD THAT'S MADE
TO LOOK LIKE AN ASHLAR,
LIKE A STONE SIDING,
AND IN THESE CASES,
THE STONEWORK WAS MEANT
TO REALLY ELICIT
THAT FORMAL ARCHITECTURE
OF ENGLISH CITY HOUSES.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL
1730 SIDING ON THIS HOUSE,
AND ONE REASON THAT IT SURVIVED
FOR OVER TWO CENTURIES
IS THAT IT WAS APPLIED
OVER FURRING STRIPS,
SO THERE'S
VENTILATION BEHIND IT.
NOW, LOOK AT THE--
THE SCALE OF THIS HOUSE.
THE WINDOWS ARE LARGE
AT THE BOTTOM,
THEY GET A LITTLE BIT SMALLER
IN THE MIDDLE,
AND THEY'RE QUITE SMALL
AT THE TOP.
THE STONES, IN FACT, WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THEM ON THE BASE,
ARE A GOOD 10 OR 12 INCHES,
IN HEIGHT,
BUT THEY RECEDE AS YOU GO UP,
AND THEY GET TO BE JUST ABOUT
6 INCHES AT THE TOP,
BUT, OF COURSE,
THE WHOLE THING IS FRAMED
BY THESE MONUMENTAL
PILASTERS ON EITHER SIDE,
AND KIND OF THE CROWN
OF THE FACADE
IS THIS BEAUTIFUL
LITTLE PALLADIAN DOOR
WITH THE ARCHED PEDIMENT
OVER IT.
IT'S ALTOGETHER
AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL JOB.
LET'S GO AROUND TO THE SOUTH
FACADE AND MEET PETER GITTELMAN,
WHO'S THE PRESIDENT
OF THE ROYALL HOUSE ASSOCIATION,
AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE REMAINS OF THE HOUSE
THAT GOVERNOR WINTHROP HAD
ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE 1600s.
HEY, PETER.
HEY, BOB.
SO, TELL US A BIT ABOUT
THE REMODELING STORY HERE.
THIS ORIGINALLY
WAS A 1630s HOUSE?
IT WAS, AND IN FACT,
YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL
OUTLINE OF IT
IF YOU FOLLOW
THE CHIMNEY DOWN
AND TO THE SIDES.
HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT
THIS PICTURE,
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT
SAYS HERE IN DARK,
YOU CAN REALLY
GET A SENSE OF WHAT
THE ORIGINAL HOUSE WAS.
SO THAT WAS ALL
ADDED ON TO CREATE
THE GEORGIAN MANSION?
IT WAS, AND IN FACT,
UM, WINTHROP'S HOUSE
IS STILL IN THERE,
VERY WELL CONCEALED,
BUT TUCKED
RIGHT IN THERE.
SO WHAT HAPPENED
TO ISAAC ROYALL
AFTER THE REVOLUTION?
WELL, ISAAC ROYALL,
DURING THE REVOLUTION,
DURING THE EVE
OF THE REVOLUTION,
WENT OFF TO CHURCH
AT KING'S CHAPEL,
AND WHAT
HE ENDED UP DOING
WAS FINDING WHEN HE WAS
COMING BACK TO MEDFORD,
HIS HOUSE WAS
WITHIN ENEMY LINES,
AND HE WAS TOLD
THAT HE COULD NOT RETURN
TO HIS PROPERTY HERE.
SO HE SPENT
A LITTLE TIME IN BOSTON,
AND THEN AS A LOYALIST
HAD NOT CHOICE BUT
TO GO BACK TO ENGLAND,
WHERE HE DIED IN 1781.
LOYAL TO THE END.
AND I'M TOLD
WASHINGTON, IN FACT,
WAS HEADQUARTERED HERE
AT ONE POINT, RIGHT?
WASHINGTON
DID NOT SLEEP HERE,
BUT HE DID
SPEND TIME HERE.
CAN WE START
THE TOUR INSIDE?
CERTAINLY.
OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL,
BUT THE SCALE
IS SMALLER THAN I
WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.
IT IS, IN FACT
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT THE ORIGINAL
WINTHROP HOUSE IS
STILL RIGHT INSIDE HERE.
YEAH, AND THAT
DICTATED THE SCALE
OF THE ENLARGED HOUSE.
EXACTLY.
IT'S MAYBE
6 OR 7 FEET WIDE
AND NOT MORE THAN 7 FEET
HIGH OR THEREABOUTS.
BUT, HAPPILY, ROYALL
MADE IT UP INTO
WONDERFUL CARVINGS,
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT
SOME OF THE CARVINGS
THAT ARE RIGHT
AT EYE LEVEL,
YOU CAN SEE THAT
VISITORS TO THIS HOUSE
REALLY WOULD'VE BEEN
IMPRESSED WHEN THEY
CAME IN.
ACANTHUS LEAVES
ON THE BRACKET
AND A PANELED ARCH.
AND A BEAUTIFUL KEYSTONE
CARVED WITH FLOWERS.
THAT'S VERY VERY PRETTY.
AND OF COURSE
THE STAIRCASE IS CLASSICAL
WITH THE BALUSTER
AND THE NEWEL POST
AND THE BEAUTIFUL
TURNED BALUSTERS.
SO, WHERE SHALL WE START?
LET'S GO INTO
THE BEST PARLOR.
GREAT.
SO, THIS IS CALLED,
THE BEST PARLOR,
AND INDEED, IT'S GOT
BEAUTIFUL DETAILING.
NOW, IT THIS ROYALL
OVER THE MANTEL?
Gittelman: THIS IS
ISAAC ROYALL JUNIOR
WHEN HE INHERITED
THE HOUSE AT ABOUT
THE AGE OF 22.
A VERY YOUNG MAN. HE HAD
A SISTER, HE HAD A WIFE,
AND A YOUNG CHILD
AT THAT POINT ALREADY.
AND THE DETAILING
IN THIS ROOM?
LIKE THE PILASTERS,
THE FLUTED PILASTERS
ON EITHER SIDE,
AND THE ARCH,
WHICH IS SIMILAR
TO THE ARCH OUTSIDE--
IDENTICAL CARVINGS.
THIS IS ALL ORIGINAL,
RIGHT?
IT ALL SURVIVED SINCE 1737.
AMAZING, AND IT'S
NOT EVEN COVERED
WITH A MILLION LAYERS
OF PAINT.
NOW, TO WHAT DO WE
ATTRIBUTE THE SURVIVAL
OF THIS HOUSE?
WELL, THE HOUSE
HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED
SINCE THE 19th CENTURY
AS A REAL RELIC
OF COLONIAL LIFE,
AND IT'S SUCH A GRAND
EXAMPLE THAT IT SIMPLY
WAS--IT SURVIVED.
IT'S ALWAYS
BEEN RESPECTED.
AND THIS ROOM,
PARTICULARLY,
BECAUSE, IN FACT,
THE CARVINGS WERE SO RICH
THAT NOBODY EVER
DECIDED TO REMOVE THEM
AND VICTORIANIZE.
SO, IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE HOUSE,
THEY DID REMODEL
AND VICTORIANIZE?
INDEED.
AND THE FURNISHINGS?
ARE ANY OF THEM ORIGINAL
TO THE ROYALLS?
WELL, WHEN ROYALL
WAS FORCED TO FLEE
THE COUNTRY IN 1775,
HIS ESTATE WAS CONFISCATED
AND WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING
WAS THAT THE FURNITURE
WAS SOLD OFF,
SO WHEN THE ROYALL HOUSE
ASSOCIATION ACQUIRED
THIS PROPERTY,
IT HAD NOTHING IN IT.
AND OVER THE YEARS,
UM, FRIENDS, MEMBERS,
MEMBERS OF THE DAUGHTERS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HELPED US FURNISH THIS HOUSE.
YEAH. NICE PIECES.
THIS IS ACTUALLY
A GATE LEG--
A QUEEN ANNE
GATE LEG TABLE--
A LITTLE TEA TABLE.
WHO KNOWS HOW OLD?
WELL, CAN WE
TAKE A LOOK AT ONE
OF THE UPSTAIRS ROOMS?
LET'S GO UP TO
THE MARBLE CHAMBER.
THE MARBLE CHAMBER.
SO, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME
SIZE AS THE ONE BELOW.
WHY IS IT CALLED
THE MARBLE CHAMBER?
BECAUSE OF THE, UH,
THE WORK HERE?
EXACTLY, BECAUSE,
THIS SET OF PILASTERS
RIGHT OVER HERE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
MARBLEIZED.
THIS LOOKS RESTORED,
THOUGH.
IT IS, IN FACT.
THERE WERE SOME SCRAPINGS
DONE SOMETIME
IN THE MID-CENTURY
AND THAT WAS EXACTLY
WHAT THIS WAS BASED ON--
THIS PATTERN OF MARBLEIZING.
VERY RICH ROOM WITH
ALL THIS RED DAMASK.
IT IS, IN FACT. IT WAS
THE MOST VALUABLE ROOM
ON THE 1739 INVENTORY
OF ISAAC ROYALL SENIOR
WHEN HE DIED,
AND, IN FACT, THE BED
AND ALL THE CRIMSON
DAMASK HANGINGS
WERE VALUED AT £200,
WHICH WAS QUITE
A LOT OF MONEY.
NOW, THIS IS NOT
THE REAL BED.
THIS IS ANOTHER
ANTIQUE BED--
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
BUT IT SIMULATES
WHAT WAS IN THE ROOM.
WE'VE SET THIS HOUSE UP
AS STAGE TEST TO PUT IN--
TO GIVE PEOPLE THE SENSE
OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
THIS IS A MIGHTY FINE
DESK YOU PUT IN HERE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THIS?
WELL, WE BELIEVE
IT'S A BOSTON PIECE,
AND IT'S EXACTLY
WHAT ISAAC ROYALL WOULD
HAVE HAD IN THIS HOUSE.
CAN WE OPEN IT?
SURE.
IT'S THE KIND
OF QUALITY
AND WORKMANSHIP
THAT HE WOULD HAVE
REALLY APPRECIATED.
AND IT'S OF THE PERIOD
EARLY 1700s?
1760s, EXACTLY.
THEY OFTEN DID THAT.
NEAT.
THANKS FOR THE TOUR,
PETER.
MY PLEASURE, BOB.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL
WORK ON THE KITCHEN LAYOUT
WITH THE HOMEOWNER
AND OUR CABINET CONSULTANT.
NEXT TIME ON
BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN:
WORK CONTINUES ON
OUR REMODELING PROJECT
IN MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU
ALL THE STEPS INVOLVED IN
RELOCATING THE FRONT DOOR
ON THIS HOUSE.
ALSO, WE'LL GET TOGETHER
WITH THE HOMEOWNER
AND OUR CABINET DESIGNER
TO TALK ABOUT
THE KITCHEN LAYOUT.
AND WE'LL BE VISITING
THE ROYALL HOUSE,
A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC
COLONIAL FROM THE 1730s.
WE'LL SEE THE BEAUTIFULLY
PRESERVED ORIGINAL WOOD CARVINGS
IN MANY OF THE ROOMS.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON HOME AGAIN.
NEXT TIME ON
BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,
WE'LL MOVE A DOOR,
DESIGN THE KITCHEN,
AND VISIT THE ROYALL HOUSE
IN MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.
DON'T MISS IT.
Vila: AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST
OF THE JOIST HANGERS...
AND THERE'S NOTHING
LIKE A LITTLE PALM DRIVER,
A LITTLE PALM NAILER
LIKE THAT TO...
MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
NICE JOB, CHARLIE.
SO, NOW WHAT WE'VE GOT
IS PRETTY MUCH A COMPLETED
NEW RESTRUCTURING
OF THIS WHOLE AREA OF THE HOUSE.
WE'VE SAID GOOD-BYE
TO THE 19th CENTURY PLAN HERE
WHERE YOU HAD LITTLE ROOMS
AND LITTLE NOOKS AND CRANNIES
AND WALLS SUPPORTING
THE UPSTAIRS,
AND RECREATED THE ENTIRE
STRUCTURE SO THAT IT'S
KIND OF FREE,
AND WE'VE GOT WHAT IS BASICALLY
A WHOLE 35-FOOT SPAN
OF THE HOUSE WIDE OPEN,
AND YOU CAN FOLLOW IT IN TERMS
OF WHEREVER YOU SEE NEW LVL'S,
NEW STRUCTURAL LUMBER,
THIS TRIPLE ONE HERE,
THERE USED TO BE A WALL CARRYING
THE UPSTAIRS IN THIS LOCATION,
AND THEN THE BIG 18-INCH ONE
THAT'S OVER HERE,
WHICH IS CARRYING
THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE HOUSE.
BOY, DOES THIS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
BUT NOW LET'S--LET'S TALK
WITH FAITH ALLEN
FOR MERILLAT CABINETS,
AND OF COURSE, JULIE
GRAHAM, OUR HOMEOWNER
WHO IS, I GUESS,
GETTING INVOLVED
IN THE FUN PART OF
THE REDESIGN HERE,
RIGHT, JULIE?
THIS IS THE FUN PART.
YEAH. NOW THE DESIGN
OF THE KITCHEN SPACE
IS SOMETHING
THAT, YOU KNOW,
A LOT OF PEOPLE
END UP MAKING A LOT
OF MISTAKES EARLY ON,
AND WHAT ARE
THE BASIC POINTS
THAT YOU WANT
TO LOOK AT FIRST?
WELL, WHAT WE WANT
TO TAKE A LOOK AT
WHENEVER WE START TO
DESIGN A SPACE IS, UM,
SOMETHING THAT
WE'VE COME UP WITH--
MERILLAT'S COME UP WITH--
CALLED "ORGANOMICS."
IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE WAY
TO LOOK AT, UM--
ORGANOMICS?
ORGANOMICS.
IT'S A BLENDING
OF ORGANIZATION
AND ERGONOMICS.
I SEE.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THE SPACE BEFOREHAND
AND DIVIDE IT UP INTO
ACTIVITY-BASED ZONES,
UM, SO TAKING A LOOK
AT WE WANTED TO DO HERE
IN THIS SPACE, WE HAVE
A STORAGE ZONE RIGHT HERE.
LET ME ORIENT THIS,
EVEN THOUGH
THE HANDWRITING
IS UPSIDE DOWN.
WE HAVE A STORAGE ZONE,
YOU WERE SAYING.
WE HAVE THE STORAGE ZONE.
WE WOULD HAVE A PANTRY,
A UTILITY CABINET,
A REFRIGERATOR,
SO WE'D HAVE ALL HOT/COLD
STORAGE OVER HERE.
A SINK ZONE WHICH WOULD BE
MOSTLY FOR CLEAN UP AREA.
COOKING ZONE,
WHERE THE RANGE WOULD BE.
A FOOD PREP ZONE
AND A PLANNING ZONE,
SO YOU COULD MAKE
GOOD USE OF THE ISLAND.
AND THEN AN EATING ZONE
OVER HERE IN THE NOOK,
SO THAT THAT WOULD BE
A LITTLE BIT SEPARATED
FROM THE REST
OF THE KITCHEN.
SO THESE ARE ALL
KIND OF THE FUNCTIONS
OR DESTINATIONS
THAT YOU HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT
AT THE BEGINNING,
BEFORE YOU START
ORDERING KITCHEN
CABINETS.
SO WE'RE
KIND OF STANDING
WHERE THAT ISLAND'S
GONNA BE, RIGHT?
RIGHT. YES.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS
ON THIS BIG BLANK WALL
OVER HERE?
WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO OVER HERE
IS, UM, JULIE SAID
THAT SHE WANTS TO HAVE
A LOT OF GLASS
STORAGE HERE.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE
A GOOD 9 FOOT HEIGHT.
RIGHT.
CAN YOU BUILD ALL
OF THAT UP WITH CABINETS?
OH, YEAH. NO PROBLEM.
WE CAN--WE CAN FILL IT
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM,
AND I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE ALL GLASS.
JULIE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO
WITH THAT MUCH--
THAT MUCH DISPLAY AREA?
WELL, I THINK IT'LL BE
A COMBINATIONS OF DISHES,
THERE WILL BE SOME
OBJECTS FOR DISPLAY,
POTTERY,
THINGS LIKE THAT,
SO IT WILL BE A COMBINATION
OF BOTH UTILITY
AND, UM,
INTERESTING OBJECTS.
RIGHT, DISPLAY.
NO, THAT'LL BE
VERY NICE, THOUGH,
AND OF COURSE
LIGHTING IT WILL
BE A CHALLENGE,
BUT WE'LL
GET TO THAT LATER.
AND THEN IN
THE SPACE BEHIND ME
IS WHERE WE WOULD
HAVE THE GUTS
OF THE AREA,
WHICH IS REALLY
THE STOVE, RIGHT?
RIGHT. YEAH, WE'RE
GONNA HAVE A 48-INCH
STOVE HERE, RIGHT?
RIGHT.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE
A LOT OF COOKING AREA.
WE'LL PUT POTS
AND PANS OVER HERE.
JULIE AND HER PARTNER
LIKE TO COOK AND ENTERTAIN,
SO WE'LL MAKE
ALL THE UTENSILS
AND POTS AND PANS THAT
THEY'RE GONNA NEED HANDY
SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE
EASY ACCESS TO THEM.
NO, IT'S A PARTY AREA.
CAREFUL, YOU'RE GONNA
FALL THROUGH HERE.
AND THEN IN THIS
CORNER OF THE SPACE
IS ALL PANTRY,
'CAUSE THIS DOOR
GETS FRAMED IN.
RIGHT,
THAT GETS FRAMED IN.
WE'RE GONNA PUT
A WINDOW RIGHT THERE,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE
THE PANTRY RIGHT HERE,
WHICH COULD BE SHELVING
OR IT COULD BE CABINETS.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T DECIDED.
BUT THAT'S THE LARDER
FOR BOXES AND CANS
AND THE LIKE.
FOR BAKED GOODS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A UTILITY CABINET.
WHERE DOES
THE FRIDGE GO?
THE REFRIGERATOR
WILL GO RIGHT NEXT TO
THE UTILITY CABINET,
SO IT'LL BE
ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN WE GET INTO
MY LEAST FAVORITE AREA,
WHICH IS THE CLEAN UP
AND DISHWASHER.
RIGHT. AND THEN WE WRAP UP
WITH THE NOOK AREA,
WHICH IS AN ORIGINAL PART
OF THE KITCHEN,
AND WE ARE GONNA REUSE
THE BENCHES AND THE TABLE
THAT WERE HERE, RIGHT?
WE'RE GONNA
JUST PUT THEM RIGHT
BACK IN AS THEY WERE.
THAT'S QUITE A PLAN,
LADIES. THANK YOU.
LOTS OF INFORMATION
ON KITCHEN REMODELING AND DESIGN
IS AVAILABLE AT...
OK, AND THE DOOR
HAS FOUND ITS NEW HOME,
BUT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
COME HOME AGAIN NEXT WEEK
WHEN WE'LL BE INSTALLING
PELLA WINDOWS
AND A BEAUTIFUL SET
OF FRENCH DOORS.
ALSO, WE'LL BE
RESTRUCTURING THE BARN
AND MAKING LOTS OF PROGRESS
ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
TILL THEN, I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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