Kitchen Project: Early Stages

 It took some hunting but I finally found a shot of some of the demolition.You can see a little of the lovely green formica that had been hidden by the white ceramic tiles on our counter.  That was a bit of a surprise when we first discovered that.  No wonder they were all cracking....although you have to admit that it was a good, cheap update to sell an outdated house. 

 

My middle son is examining another drain/vent pipe issue.   (Note that he is sporting the trendy Sonlight Window Cleaning shirt.....feel free to call for bright and shiny clean windows, gutter cleaning, pressure washing or screen repair!  www.sonlightwindowcleaning.com)

Fixing the drain/vent pipe, which meant relocating it, paid a truck payment or two for our handy plumber.  If my boys don't decide to become electricians, maybe I can talk at least one of them into a career in plumbing.

The pipe has been moved and the pony wall which will be behind the cabinets has been put into place.

The old linoleum is still on the floor which sports many holes from the cleats of Tim Masthay (and his brothers probably) when they lived here.  Tim has gone on to play football for the Green Bay Packers (as noted by the signs all over our fine town advertising their 2010 Super Bowl win!)  The old linoleum is now gone along with the visible evidence reminding us why we don't wear our cleats in the kitchen. The football spirit remained, and my sons are now playing homeschool football with a great team, following the spirit of the football Tims.  (Tim Masthay & former homeschooler, Tim Tebow)

My dear husband who got suckered into this project knew that I was in OVER my head with painting our cabinets so he constructed this genius paint booth in our garage.  It is vented and has effectively kept all the dust and bugs off our freshly painted cabinet bases and all those cabinet doors.  The challenge has been keeping up with 50+ items that all needed multiple coats of primer, several coats of paint, and polyurethane with sanding in between.  Can anyone say work overload?  No wonder painters charge so much to refinish cabinets.  Maybe one of my sons will take up painting.....


More to come.