Our kitchen remodel has been underway for two weeks now. Well, really three if you count the week we spent dismantling our previous kitchen.
We seem to be right on schedule, which is nice. The electrical and plumbing were laid out in their new locations and we passed our City permit inspections. Drywalling started shortly thereafter. That should be finished early this week. From there, we’ll paint the walls and ceilings.
Sadly the hardwood floors we discovered and were so excited about were not able to be salvaged. Years of wear and previous refinishing made them marginal for another refinishing. Given the information that they would not be able to be refinished any additional times, we made the long range decision to go with new floors. Some of the boards were salvageable though and our contractor will use them as patch pieces for future jobs he has that need them.
Our temporary kitchen is working out okay. By okay I mean that we are getting take out or eating cereal for dinner. Work has also been extremely busy lately, so cooking is near the bottom of our priority list. It actually seems like we planned the timing perfectly for the remodel. No time to cook now, so we might as well destroy the kitchen. We look forward to spending lots of time using it this summer during the slow real estate season.
Here are the previous posts about our adventure:
Remodeling Our Kitchen
Budgeting for a Kitchen Remodel
Designing a Kitchen
Our Before Kitchen
Our Temporary Kitchen
A Remodeling Surprise