From the Desk of Kate Jones: January 2017

I didn't actually count the steps--or hours--it took Jordan to create the Yale House kitchen. But it had to be a lot because he began with an unheated, unwired, concrete floor garage and ended with the kitchen you see above.

If you'd like to move your kitchen into the garage, or build a second kitchen just for fun, simply follow these steps:

Step 1: Observe the disjointed, nonfunctional feel of your ugly kitchen.

Step 2: Notice that the kitchen is basically a hallway into the garage.

(Door to garage is pictured below).

Step 3: Note the potential in your attached garage to become more living space.

Step 4: Lament that the closet and wall cut off the existing kitchen and garage from the living and dining space.

Step 5: Knock down said wall.

Steps 6-600: Add outlets, switches, canned lighting, heat, insulation, a ceiling, a floor, plumbing and drywall to the garage.

Step 601: Remember that access to the basement is beneath the trap door on the garage floor.

Step 602: Begin building another set of stairs where the old kitchen was.

Step 603: Replace the garage door with French doors.

Step 604: Connect the soon-to-be kitchen to the living space by expanding the doorway.

Step 605: Score cabinets at the Re-Store for a great deal and re-arrange your entire kitchen floor plan.

Step 606: Lay subway tile everywhere. If you are inspired by your daily commute on the highway like Jordan was, you can lay the tiles in the same pattern you see on the concrete, highway barrier wall.