The changes are coming so fast and furious that it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the blog updates. Having my dad here was a huge help and we got a lot of good work done. As you saw from Ilana's post, we finished enlarging the kitchen-dining pass-through. Then we made it look pretty:
It's amazing how once we put the wall back up it looked like the hole was there all along
Following that (and finishing the wall in the new laundry closet), we decided to take out the rest of the old cabinets, including the kitchen sink and all the cockamamie pipes and wiring. I especially liked the wiring job that came out of the wall, travelled through two cabinets, then went back into the wall.
I could not have done it without my dad.
Here is the mess we made in the process, filling up our carport.
So Ilana and I loaded up my dad's truck. Take note of the fungus colony that had been living under the sink cabinet. Finding things like this have helped us to realize this was a necessary project, despite the difficulties.
We then got to go the dump, which I believe has been Ilana's highlight of this whole project (despite the rusty nail incident -- don't ask, but she's up to date on her shots). It was very cathartic to throw away all our crap -- 600 pounds for just $34!
We have now shifted our attention to the floors. Here is Ilana taking up one of the three existing flooring types (old-ass tile, 80s tile, and linoleum). We currently have a cement floor and are off to Home Depot tomorrow to figure out our flooring solution.
It's amazing how once we put the wall back up it looked like the hole was there all along
Following that (and finishing the wall in the new laundry closet), we decided to take out the rest of the old cabinets, including the kitchen sink and all the cockamamie pipes and wiring. I especially liked the wiring job that came out of the wall, travelled through two cabinets, then went back into the wall.
I could not have done it without my dad.
Here is the mess we made in the process, filling up our carport.
So Ilana and I loaded up my dad's truck. Take note of the fungus colony that had been living under the sink cabinet. Finding things like this have helped us to realize this was a necessary project, despite the difficulties.
We then got to go the dump, which I believe has been Ilana's highlight of this whole project (despite the rusty nail incident -- don't ask, but she's up to date on her shots). It was very cathartic to throw away all our crap -- 600 pounds for just $34!
We have now shifted our attention to the floors. Here is Ilana taking up one of the three existing flooring types (old-ass tile, 80s tile, and linoleum). We currently have a cement floor and are off to Home Depot tomorrow to figure out our flooring solution.
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Painting the cement floor with epoxy paint is a terrific solution. You would be amazed on the ease of the process and the beauty of the finished product.
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