Kitchen
The Rieger Kitchen
- Location
- Wabash, IN
- Scope
- Full gut + open plan
- Completed
- August 2024
- Timeline
- 7 weeks
- Crew
- 3 + 2 subs
The Story
The Riegers bought the house in 2019 — a 1920s craftsman with good bones and a kitchen that hadn't been touched since the late '80s. Vinyl flooring, a peninsula that cut the room in half, a soffit hiding an old steam pipe.
The plan: take it down to studs, lose the peninsula, push the wall into the dining room by 18 inches, and build something that looked like it had always been there. Quartersawn white oak cabinetry, soapstone counters, a hood we built in-house. New layout, old-house language.
We were in there seven weeks. The family ate dinner out of a microwave in the basement for most of it — they were good sports about it. The first thing Mrs. Rieger said when she walked into the finished kitchen: "this is the room I wanted this house to have."
"This is the room I wanted this house to have."
— Mrs. Rieger, on the final walk-through
Materials
What We Used
- Cabinetry Quartersawn white oak, in-house
- Counters Soapstone, honed
- Backsplash Zellige tile, cream
- Flooring White oak, rift-sawn 5"
- Hardware Rejuvenation, oil-rubbed bronze
- Lighting Schoolhouse Electric pendants
- Paint BM White Dove + Pebble
Scope of Work
What We Did
- → Demo of original kitchen down to studs and subfloor
- → Wall removal between kitchen and dining; new LVL header
- → Soffit removal, mechanical relocates
- → Plumbing relocate for new island sink
- → Full electrical re-wire, new panel circuits
- → In-house white oak cabinetry, 22 boxes
- → Soapstone counter fabrication and install
- → Tile, flooring, paint, trim
- → In-house range hood, white oak veneer
- → Appliance install (homeowner-supplied)