Completed Outdoor Kitchen w/ Pics

After finishing the floors this past weekend, we are some cleanup, landscaping, and an area rug shy of being finished with this project that really started with this thread after the wife and I kicked around the idea for a few months.

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Anyway, less words, more pics

Before


During - Cover went up fast




concrete, kitchen/bar framing, and gas/plumbing was next






a drainage problem was noted


Then the stone






Completed stone with the hardy painted to match the siding on the house (incredible how perfect that came out)


Will probably replace the red lava rocks


But can't complain about the fire


Granite installed and appliances going in




Furniture added, as well as the river rock drainage ditch dug on the perimeter (my one and only manual labor contribution to the project)


Finally, floors (concrete overlay, with wave pattern and sealed stain)







And the current state. Still need to clean up the rocks the floor guys dug out to do the stain, add an area rug, and eventually some updated landscaping around the space.






(potato shot)


right next to kegerator








blue cans for company and the various workers we had running around


The tube is a water mist system that runs along the yard side and down the column. Column nozzles facing the yard for the kids (and hose drainage)


We are very please with how it all came out. This post is 50% look at me, and 50% informational if anyone is in the planning stages of a similar project.

Off the top, I'll say I am in the Houston area, and I used a company called Living Improvements. I doubt anyone else gets a call for the next project, as far as I'm concerned. Exceptional group.