Undercroft kitchen progress

The remodeling proceeds on the undercroft kitchen. Most of the plumbing and electrical work is complete. A new "lining" on the lower three-quarters of the wall, called FRP (Fiberglass reinforced polysomething.....) has been put up. The paint color above the FRP will be a light shade of blue. We're close to selecting the cabinet colors and the electrostatic painting of those should begin soon. As you can see from the photos, the ceiling still has to go in, as does the floor. A glass block window has been installed in the south call to match the one on the east wall (yes, that is someone's hand putting in the blocks). The new lighting alone does so much to enhance the look of the place. The range hood still needs to be cleaned and painted (any volunteers to scrub a range hood?).

In the upstairs kitchen, the cabinets have just been painted and look very nice. That was an "add-on" to the project, but the need became very apparent when we reinstalled old cabinets in a newly done kitchen.

Meanwhile, the upstairs spaces continue to get lots of use. Lots of hospitality goin' on!

Grand re-dedication - September 12! Should be fun!

I've attached a couple of pictures to show how the new space on the main floor is already being used. Coffee is currently being served in the newest space on the west side. Adult ed forums are in their regular place in the Chapel Lounge. We are planning to replace the cranberry couches with newer seating, but they are being used temporarily until we figure out how to pay for new ones!

Decisions have been made about the colors and materials for the downstairs kitchen. We are not able to use an epoxy coated floor as was our original plan. So we will be installing quarry tile, as is standard in most industrial/commercial kitchens these days. Since the old yellow tiles are now gone we had a clean slate for colors. So the floor will be a quarry tile brown, the walls will be blue and the countertops will be a gray/brown/blue pattern. Color samples were passed around after worship this morning for congregational input.

So the work continues and hopefully will be wrapped up soon!