Culinary Clear out

July 28, 2011

Gutted! We've finished the dirty work of getting our kitchen emptied and assessing what we dealing with under those old cabinets. Since we were intent on moving the back door to the pantry, we decided that as first time home owners and new to the reno experience, it was wise that we leave that big project up to the professionals. As it is an older home, we were nervous about encountering structural problems and/or wood rot. So in a matter of two days, our trusty tradesmen had moved our door and we were very happy with the results. And we were happy to learn that they saw absolutely no signs of rot.




So here's the state of things... and we did come across a few challenges. The largest being a the non-flush wall to the right side of the photo. If you take a look at the before, you'll see that the cabinets were actually recessed into the wall. Since we are not getting custom cabinets created, we needed to work on making that wall completely flush. Plus, we thought it would lead to a much nicer, unified look once we get our design in there. So here you can see the framing that's been put up. That part was relatively simple but we did have to call in an electrician friend to then bring all our outlets out to the new wall as well as add some more.

The sub floor is also down for the new hardwood. Those photos coming soon. We realized after clearing out the kitchen that the previous home owners had actually cut the laminate flooring around the appliances. Yikes. And obviously, since we're changing the layout of the kitchen, this wasn't going to work out... aside from just being silly. Some more photos:



While all this is happening at speed of light thanks to much help from my father and older brother, I've also been tinkering with the bathroom and master bedroom. The fiance is currently on the road shooting a series for the W Network following a couple building a B&B in rural Newfoundland. I'm just a tad jealous!

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