Before:
(Do you see all those little cabinets on top? We had 54 door knobs! We won't have so many in our new kitchen.)
It's too bad that you can't see the coffee stains on the white cabinets just below the coffee pot. We won't have white cabinets either. Leslie & white just don't mix very well.
You can see that the door frame had already been removed at the far end of the picture. Derrick was so excited to demolish, that he started before I even took the "before" pictures.
Same view without cabinets or sheetrock. It took Derrick about two days to get everything out and into our carport. I helped a little and watched children a lot. They LOVED watching and "helping."
You should have seen us removing the long cabinets. Derrick used his old skateboard to prop one end of the heavy cabinets and "skated" them out the door and into the carport. (He knew it would be eventually good for something. Good thing we saved it all these years.) We only had to cut two cabinets - the refrigerator cabinet and the wall oven cabinet.
(Do you see all those little cabinets on top? We had 54 door knobs! We won't have so many in our new kitchen.)
It's too bad that you can't see the coffee stains on the white cabinets just below the coffee pot. We won't have white cabinets either. Leslie & white just don't mix very well.You can see that the door frame had already been removed at the far end of the picture. Derrick was so excited to demolish, that he started before I even took the "before" pictures.
Same view without cabinets or sheetrock. It took Derrick about two days to get everything out and into our carport. I helped a little and watched children a lot. They LOVED watching and "helping."
You should have seen us removing the long cabinets. Derrick used his old skateboard to prop one end of the heavy cabinets and "skated" them out the door and into the carport. (He knew it would be eventually good for something. Good thing we saved it all these years.) We only had to cut two cabinets - the refrigerator cabinet and the wall oven cabinet. The best part was that Habitat for Humanity came and took ALL of it away to reuse or sell! Yay for saving space in a landfill!! Yay for saving our budget from having to rent a dumpster!! We still have eight bags of sheetrock sitting out there, but better than a carport full of stuff. We can haul them in a truck.
This is the BEST part of the demolition. We are opening a bit of wall space to make a little seating area. Unfortunately I don't have a great "before" picture of this view, but you can see where the wall used to be. In order to see what was going on in the dining room, I'd have to walk all the way around the corner. Now, I'll just be able to peep through the door. Great for keeping tabs on conversations between little ones.
The same view now that the studs are down. You can see our little Christmas countdown chains on the right (one is our family chain and the other is Kindergarten curriculum - Andrew made it at school.) That's the extent of our decorations in the main area of the house. It makes me sad not to have a big tree, but I know sheetrock dust covers everything. We set a little tree in the boys' room and our manger scene on Derrick's dresser.
The boys checking out what it will be like to eat at our new bar. You can see the tape outlines on the floor. You can also see that the electricians came in and wired last week.
This is the BEST part of the demolition. We are opening a bit of wall space to make a little seating area. Unfortunately I don't have a great "before" picture of this view, but you can see where the wall used to be. In order to see what was going on in the dining room, I'd have to walk all the way around the corner. Now, I'll just be able to peep through the door. Great for keeping tabs on conversations between little ones.
The same view now that the studs are down. You can see our little Christmas countdown chains on the right (one is our family chain and the other is Kindergarten curriculum - Andrew made it at school.) That's the extent of our decorations in the main area of the house. It makes me sad not to have a big tree, but I know sheetrock dust covers everything. We set a little tree in the boys' room and our manger scene on Derrick's dresser.
The boys checking out what it will be like to eat at our new bar. You can see the tape outlines on the floor. You can also see that the electricians came in and wired last week.
Our floor guy is here today patching the floor. He installed the hardwoods six years ago and is having a hard time tearing up his own work. But I'm confident that he will make it look beautiful again.
We have our sheetrock guy coming later in the week and then I get to start painting!! Anyone want to come help? :)
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