Kitchen Progress! (#2)

Just a little reminder of where we started. Drop ceiling and not enough room to even walk around in the kitchen without walking into the island.

Cam took out the drop ceiling

 Then he took out the wall.  The oven moved over to the other wall and the island took the ovens spot. It is a good temporary fix until we can get cabinets.

The electrician came and and cleaned up all the wiring. We had 6 new can lights wired. Lots of switches moved around. Soon after we had the sheetrock guys come for a quote. We have had them before, and they are always great, so we said yes to the bid. They said they could come the next day!! We had a bunch of things to do... because the kitchen was as you see above. Cabinets emptied and removed, the rest of the wall down. And the real kicker was Cameron had to install the vent pipe for the oven. We were up till 4 am that night.

 The sheetrock guys came. And here is the first step.

Then all the mudding got done, and Cameron primed the walls. We need to paint it the same color as the living room next (Horizon gray BM)

I seriously love it without cabinets above. We utilize the counter space so much more. We need some storage space though so we are going to try out the open shelving. If we hate it, then we figure we could always put cabinets in that location later.

We will do upper cabinets next to the oven on the opposite wall and over the refrigerator. We are also keeping the pantry and replacing the framing and doors.

It will be a few months until we get cabinets and counter tops. We are saving and waiting for a sale to come up. I'm excited about the progress so far though!

Kitchen Demo- Yay!

It's finally happening! My horrible, suffocating kitchen drop ceiling came down. I can hardly believe I lasted as long as I did with it like that. One day, I just couldn't stand it anymore and took a hammer to some of the sheetrock. For a long time, I wanted to do a beautiful expansive pinterest worthy kitchen remodel. But I came to my senses eventually and realized that would take many years of saving... and a continually depressed self as I spend so much time in there.  So we are opting for the more budget friendly version of a remodel. We are keeping everything the same layout but removing the drop ceiling, and removing the top half of the wall to connects to the dining room. I'm considering doing open shelving next to the window. I have never really loved open shelving but I like the idea of more light from the window bouncing around the room. Those are the immediate fixes. It will be a little more time before we do the cabinets, countertop and backsplash. But I'm so excited with it already!

 I should mention here that though I started it, Cameron did all the rest!

It's gone- yay!