Putting the Fridge in it's Place

Here is the beginning of what I'll call the "Refrigerator Repositioning/New Bookcase" project, or "Why it's good to have an Ian around". Stuff like this would cost a ton if we had to hire someone. But that IS why we got this house. We knew it needed work, but we have the ability to make it awesome.

Part 1: Breaking through the wall of the closet in the living room from the kitchen side. This is the new opening for the refrigerator to go in. The closet doorway in the living room will be closed off and turned into a built-in bookcase.
Look at the master at work...and a hint of the new paint color for the kitchen (stay tuned for more in the next post).
This is what the finished space looked like after drywall, paint and electrical.

This is the finished product!

Right now we have vases on top of the refrigerator, but Ian left space to eventually put a cabinet in over the refrigerator. There was a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo that went into this project, but I won't bore you with that. The important thing is that this move leaves so much space where the refrigerator used to be (in the middle of the kitchen)! You will see what I'm talking about next time ;) Trust me, it's like a whole new kitchen.