Kitchen progress- we've made it look like more work!

12 years ago

We've gone from this......

To this!:

The cabinets were even more damaged than we thought, and there were three leaks instead of the one that we knew about already. It ended up being a really good thing to open everything up. Someone at one point cut into a load bearing wall to recess the fridge without doing anything but cutting into the wall. There was tile behind the wainscoting, two layers of linoleum under the cabinets (one must have been from the inception of linoleum it was so old) and no electric on the stove wall. The stove and the fridge were plugged in the basement by routing their cords through the floor! Electrical was even run through the upper cabinets with extension cords! Anyway, we are glad it's all down now and we can do everything properly. Time to start putting it all back together!

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Comments (5)

greenhaven
12 years ago
You were not kidding when you said it looked like work, wow! It has got to be so gratifying to have such a blank slate to work with. have you got a high-pressure timeline for completion?
User
12 years ago
This is why remodelling has such a propensity for cost over-runs.
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User
12 years ago
Thank goodness you uncovered those huge safety hazards, right?
ktj459
Original Author
12 years ago
Greenhaven- 8 weeks, so not too terrible. The bathroom above is also gutted, so as long as we get that finished in time, we will be ok, I think. We can survive just using our toaster oven in the dining room if we have to!

Lazygardens and live wire- you aren't kidding. Luckily we knew when we bought an almost 100 year old home that we'd be uncovering some scary things. Most of the budget will definitely be going into things you can't see, but at least we will know our house is safe and done correctly!
Texas_Gem
12 years ago
Can't wait to see pics when its done. Inside and out! Old homes fascinate me.