Progress in the Kitchen
Living through the demo and construction
Well, it has been a busy week. If you are looking for a beautiful kitchen reveal you will be disappointed. This is a very slow process. It took us a weekend to clear out all cupboards, turn our dining room into a makeshift kitchen, clean and prep the cupboards and begin painting.
Check out the amazing power of white paint. These old cupboards, with nasty cat puke interiors, look new and clean again. They were really gross inside. I'm slowly making progress during Maddie's nap time. It has taken 3 coats of paint and primer and a ton of patience on each cabinet.
The area under the sink was especially bad. I removed this old water damaged liner and replaced it with some extra vinyl floor tiles that I had in the basement. This should help to protect the cabinet. This is always difficult area to keep clean. I hope to put my cleaning supplies in plastic organizers from the dollar store when I put the kitchen back together. Our old sink was removed. It had a large crack in it and was stained so bad that Barkeeper's Friend couldn't even get it clean. Our faucet had a constant drip and was pretty worn out too.
Our tiny bathroom sink is where I now wash dishes until the new sink and counter are installed. I'm using the window seat in the dining room to hold all our pantry items. The only problem with this is Maddie gets into everything. Here she thinks she should have marshmallows for breakfast. Ugh! It is the perfect height for her... a Las Vegas buffet for babies.
Jim Sollberger came over with all his powerful tools and removed that terrible L-Shaped cabinet, counter and sink. He had to take our kitchen out in pieces. I would say it looks better, but it's a disaster! Maybe "spacious" is a better way to describe our kitchen.
Removing the cabinet revealed a bit of the original hardwood flooring. It looks like we will need to do some patching. There is some water damage near the dishwasher as well. I'm crossing my fingers that we can salvage the original hardwood. Scott Wilson http://www.wilsonwoodfloors.com/ will remove the old flooring and evaluate the situation.
Say some prayers folks. Living through all this demo and construction is not easy.
Take heart! It will all be a memory soon! Slow and steady wins the race! Keep up the good (hard) work!!! :):)
ReplyDeleteThanks Courtney! We will keep plugging along. It has to start looking better soon. Next week I will have cabinets, doors and counters so it should look like a kitchen again.
DeleteI feel your pain with the sink. Mine is nearly the same, sans crack. I have no finish left on the garbage disposal side, so everything (even cucumber peels!) stains it within minutes. I bleach it out with Clorox Cleanup every few days because Comet (with bleach) just scratches the finish off even more, and Bon Ami and Bar Keeper's Friend only work on the scuffs in the sink, not the stains it seems.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the rest of your project. At least the weather is turning in your favor, and it's easier to eat cold sandwiches for dinner when you call it a picnic and eat outside, right?
Festival has 15% off meat and fish. I plan to stock up and cook on the grill next week. :)
DeleteSomeone told me you can get cast iron refinished. I don't know what the cost of that is compared to a new sink though. Thanks for your comments Lynn. Nice to know that someone out there feels my pain ;)
Deleteif i didn't have a really old (but working) garbage disposal, i'd consider getting the sink reglazed. i'm afraid we wouldn't be able to get it hooked back up again though.
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