Museum District Kitchen and Powder Room Renovation

We recently completed a 3 week long kitchen and half-bath renovation in the Museum district of Richmond. 

The Superintendent for this job was Cody McIntyre and his Carpenter's Helper was Jerrett Clark.

The kitchen and bathroom weren't outright disasters, but the kitchen was a little cramped (as tends to be the case in the Museum district) and had outdated appliances, counters, and cabinets. Our goal was to remodel the kitchen and remodel the powder room while making it a bit smaller.

The first step was, of course, demolition. 

We got rid of that hot water heater in favor of a tankless one that we mounted on the outside of the house.

Once we tore up the vinyl we found some bad floor boards in the kitchen and powder room. Since we had to take the floor up to allow our plumber, Ronnie Gray, to rough-in the bathroom; we replaced the floor boards with some salvaged Tongue & Groove flooring from a house of similar age that was demolished.

We framed in the bathroom and installed a pocket door (to save space). 

Once rough-in of plumbing, HVAC, and Electric were done, we went to work on drywall repairs and hanging dry wall for the powder room.

 The cabinets and counter-tops came form Reico Kitchen and Bath who also did the installation.

Next we put up door trim and baseboards, installed plumbing and electrical fixtures, sanded and polished the floors, and then painted.

The finished product! 

There is no such thing as a small job for RBVA 

North Church Hill 1913 House Interior Restoration

This house was a disaster when we first went in to bid it. 25% of the second floor had fallen victim to fire damage from long ago; including the ceiling and the attic. We are moving several walls, opening up the kitchen, and re-purposing the rooms and the space.

We are installing new framing for what will become the Master Suite. 

In the attic here, we are preparing to add a brand new set of pull down stairs to give attic access,

Where Chris is framing right now use to be a small hallway closet that led to the crawl space and behind him was also a closet/storage. That space behind him is being converted into a bathroom that will connect to the Master Suite.

Right now, Chris is framing to install a pocket door that will really turn it into a Master Suite, rather than simply a Master Bedroom.

What will become a guest bedroom.

Bird's eye view of the Master Suite

This was a bathroom that will be restored.

This area will be an office. One of the reasons that we work on these older house is because that brick construction is s neat.

The kitchen floor was completely rotten and had extensive termite damage around the door frame. We cut out the damage, reframed the doorway,and the kitchen floor. The area to the right will be a laundry/mechanical room.

Our very capable framing crew:

Site Supervisor Nick

The wily vet, Chris

The most recent addition to our historic restoration team: John