Project #1 "The Kitchen"

The first thing that needed to be done was the kitchen, if nothing else we needed to make sure that the food we made was going to be made in a safe environment. After spending a few days ripping out the old equipment that was in there we discovered a large amount of mold that had taken root in the wall behind the old counter top.

This almost halted us moving in because our son has severe allergies to everything and it would not have been a good environment for him to be in.  So after pulling out everything and ripping out and replacing the drywall we were ready to begin.  I do not have any pictures of what the kitchen looked like other than before me moved in.  So here are some in progress shots.

The best and worst part of this part of the renovation was that my wife learned the phrase "2 weeks" and what that really means.  We ordered our cabinets, flooring, and appliances from Home Depot.  I designed the kitchen with there sales person to get the most cabinets into the small space as available and make it a more efficient layout.  We decided on unfinished oak cabinets so that we could stain/paint them ourselves.  The flooring was a bamboo laminate that would be sturdy to scratch and easy to lay down.  This required special order and was the second most expensive investment in the room.

A stove was in order as we did not have one and I wanted a glass cook-top.  I am so glad that we got that because its so easy to clean up.

This is actually the second time laying the floor down.

I got pretty good at laying the flooring down.

All finished.

First cabinet in place....realized how bad the walls were not square.

Notice something missing?

Yeah after waiting for more than 2 weeks for the cabinets some of them came in damaged. So more waiting for the new ones to come in.  All the cabinets with doors missing had damage to them.

Always someone to check your work.