Kitchen Remodel
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Kitchen Remodel--before. These are pictures taken before the date had been set to begin.
Kitchen Remodel--before
Kitchen Remodel--before
Kitchen Remodel--before
Kitchen remodel--items chosen
Kitchen remodel--items chosen
Kitchen remodel--items chosen
Kitchen remodel--items chosen. This tile will be on the floor and the backsplash.
Kitchen remodel--items chosen. This is a sample of the countertop and the backsplash.
Kitchen remodel--items chosen. This is a sample of the countertop. The green square is the color I've chosen for the wall.
10/21/12 The night before demolition begins. The kitchen is now empty. Who knew it would take so much work to pack up a kitchen! Thanks to Pattie for her help!
10/21/12 This is my lovely temporary kitchen. I hope I saved out everything I need! Demo starts tomorrow morning. They are supposed to be here around 9. I've arranged to go to work late so I can be around for the beginning.
10/22/2012 Demolition started around 9:30 this morning. I stayed around long enough to see the stove and refrigerator moved to the dining room and to see the cabinet doors come off. I headed to work at that point. Here's what I came home to! Mike said it was harder than he thought it would be. The cabinets were connected individually to the wall I guess instead of being installed as a unit. He said it all had to be taken out piece by piece. The countertop was a piece of concrete a couple inches thick. The cast iron sink was apparently quite heavy. The room looks smaller with everything out of it, which seems funny to me. Tomorrow they finish taking out the floor and the plumber comes to start his work. So this is the wall where the sink was. The next picture is where the microwave was, and the third picture is where the stove was.
10/22/12 This is the wallpaper they found under that huge ventahood. Cute, huh?
10/22/12 This is under the window. It's hard to tell in this picture, but you can see to the outside in a couple little spots. Nice! He was also surprised to find the wall behind the cabinets is made of 1 X 12 boards. I guess he was expecting sheetrock.
10/23/2012 Today the plumber came and roughed in the plumbing and the tile floor was removed.
10/24/2012 The electrician did his thing today. I don't know exactly what time he started, but he was here until 7 pm. Ah, the joys of an old house.
10/24/2012 I also met with the cabinet guy today. He did his final measurements and we talked about a couple changes. This was his drawing on the wall to give me a visual of what we were talking about. Now he does drawings to show exactly what things will look like before he actually starts building them.
10/30/2012 So today they started adding things back in. They blew insulation into the 2 outside walls. Maybe my dishes will no longer be cold when it's cold outside and warm when it's hot!
And he started putting up sheetrock.
These are the drawings of the cabinets. I think I'm going to like it!
10/31/2012 The kitchen is starting to look like a real room again. They finished putting up beadboard and sheetrock. The new door was put in. Another window Carla!
11/4/2012 The floor was laid yesterday. I really like it. The pile of papers in the middle is countertop and paint samples. I'm trying to pick my white. Who knew there were so many different shades of white!
11/14/2012 Today the cabinets were put in. They look good. I think I should be more excited about this step, but today I am tired of being without a kitchen. It will not be finished until after Thanksgiving.
11/14/2012 Toby has been banned from the kitchen for awhile because he started peeing on the floor. Today he was having fits to get in there. I decided life would be easier if I let him explore and just closely monitored him. Of course he had to be up on the cabiniets! He tried to get inside the upper ones when I was looking around, but I drew the line there!
11/21/2012 They finished the painting today.Wow, I think it looks sharp! They spray painted the cabinets. When I arrived home yesterday I could smell it before I even got out of my car! But it looks good!
11/27/2012 Today was finally countertop day. Woohoo!!!
