Kitchen Cabinets for the Remodel

In the preceding post you saw the kitchen. Original and untouched except for painting since 1975.  It was small, dark and woefully outdated.  I am changing all that. I am removing the "galley" and turning it into an L-shaped kitchen with a peninsula between the windows.  

I picked Arcadia (the Lowes in-house brand) Shaker style cabinets from Lowes in stark white - decent construction and at a cost I could afford right now out of pocket. All the cabinets came in just under $2000.

The kitchen designer at Lowes was awesome too. Kim had great understanding of size and spacing.  She even talked me into doing a 33" refrigerator instead of the 36" because it will allow better access with minimal loss of space. after all, for a single person 22 cubic feet should do it, right?

Here's the layout in a wire frame sort of representation.  The countertops aren't represented of course and use your imagination - there will be a 36" x 36" window over the sink for light!