Outdoor Kitchen

 I'm working on an outdoor kitchen.  I have it all designed and the redwood ordered for the pergolas.  Once it arrives, we can start installing it all.  Meanwhile, this is what we plan for it to look like:

Update:

With the exception of a few small details that remain (completing the toe kicks, add misters, and such), the outdoor kitchen is mostly done (see pictures below).  We have greatly enjoyed using it this summer to store frozen summer treats for the kids, make pizzas with family and friends, cook large breakfasts, host parties, and so forth.  We love the features we chose to include:  tree planter (with Vanilla Twist Redbud and Japanese Maple surrounded by a bed of freshly-scented Wormwood), flower boxes (all planters with drip lines to automatically water them), large workstation sink, drinking fountain, deep storage drawers for dishware and flatware, refrigerator and freezer. outlets for small appliances, microwave, mobile cabinet to extend the counter space for large parties and tuck away beneath the stairs when not needed, pull out trash can, double side-burner for pan and pot cooking, shade pergola with led lighting at night, lounging benches, space-efficient winder steps, plenty of bar seating for our large family. the list goes on. . . .  Enjoy the photos my husband took today as my son relaxed out there with his accordion.  :)

The previous pictures during the build:

Not sure how I never managed to get pictures of the outdoor kitchen along the way during the build process.  It's not completely done and the weather turned bad, but we should be getting it totally finished up this spring.  Here are what pictures I do have.  I ended up getting HDPE cabinets because I felt like masonry or metal would look too visually heavy to sit atop the composite decking.  We chose Fantasy Brown leathered Marble for the countertops and love our workstation sink. Last fall saw lots of grilling and pizza making and partying.  We are looking forward to another summer of "eating out" . . . , in the backyard that is . . . as we remodel our indoor kitchen (stay tuned for progress on that).  Dustin, owner of EZ Life Outdoor Kitchens in Cedar City, Utah helped bring this vision to fruition.  He assembled the cabinets and built and stained the pergola per my design drawings.  He ran the electrical and will be installing misters for us as well.  He has been a pleasure to work with and it's all coming along nicely.  Hopefully I will remember to take some better pictures once the weather warms up and things are cleaned back up.

Dining Table

 My sister had an extra table top that she gave to me a couple years ago.  It has been sitting in my garage awaiting my finding some time--any time--to build the base for it.  I planned it all out and intended to build it.  I even purchased chairs to go with it, but with the other remodels going on, I just never found the time to build the bases.  I eventually decided to hire a local welder to build some legs based off of my designs for the wood legs I had been intending to build myself.  Even though welding didn't lend itself to all the curves that I planned for the wood versions, I think they still turned out really nice and we are really enjoying our beautiful new custom table.