Who needs a kitchen anyway?
Posted in Right now you’re not allowed to walk in our entryway; our refrigerator is in the living room; and we’re actually eating in our dining room, right next to the stove. Yep, that’s right, the RB family is back at one of our favorite hobbies - home renovation. Wow, we really are white, aren’t we?
Here’s the to do list:
- Tear out the shelves and brick “planter” in the entryway
- Remove the ugly wallpaper
- Remove the uglier wallpaper underneath the ugly stuff
- Remove the peninsula, complete with the counter top, dish washer, and cabinets
- Tile the kitchen and ugly granite/concrete foyer
- Move dish washer to another part of the cabinets
- Replace counter tops with granite (hopefully we’ll find an inexpensive piece) or new laminate
- Build new cabinet doors and hang with new, hidden hinges - yes, we’ll build the doors ourselves
- Install new lighting
- Paint ceiling and walls
- Hire professional painters to sand and paint cabinets white (a change from their current beige)
So far, all of the demo work is complete, thanks in part to my kids who can swing a small sledge pretty well. The backerboard and underlayment are down for the tile. All of the wallpaper has been removed. The peninsula has been removed. It’s time to start cutting tile and painting. If we’re lucky then we might have tile in place by this weekend. Of course, that means more nights like last night when I stayed up until 4:00. I don’t know how much of that I’ll be able to handle.
