Here are a few shots of our "old kitchen"- a work forever in progress, it seems! Dave and my stepdad Gary have been working many hours on this room. It has come quite far from the lath and plaster mess it once was. We tore down a supporting wall and had some guys come and install a beam the length of the room. I think it turned out very nicely. Now, Dave and Gary are working on installing insulation in the ceiling. They got it finished last weekend, plus the firring strips to attach the drywall to. It was a lot of work and they spent practically the whole day Saturday on it! This weekend, they are taking a break, but will get the needed insulation for the walls next. We also need a new front door in the kitchen since the old one has so many layers of peeling, nasty paint and is in such disrepair it isn't worth it to, well, repair it. So, we have to add "new door" to our already long shopping list.
We also ordered our cabinets and they should be arriving the first week of July. We are excited to get this room DONE! We figure it will be done by the fall, then we can open up the "old kitchen" and our living room. Right now, there is a makeshift closet in the living room and the doorway that goes from there to the "old kitchen" is blocked off by styrofoam. Classy, I know...
My biggest problem sometimes is continuing to be patient! I know Dave has a lot on his plate right now (including our secretive research/progress!), so I have to just step back and see the whole picture and not get overwhelmed by all the things that need to be done. Especially with this evergrowing belly, I have to learn to sit down and rest once in a while and not be a Super Mom... :)
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Keep these coming. Looking at our gutted "house" can be a bit daunting, but these photos show that creating a home through the work of our hands is possible!
PROGRESS PROGRESS! Wow!
I know that it can be tiresome, if you are like me, when a process is started it needs to be DONE. But-that just can't happen on a house that you work on yourself. Take pride in seeing every change being made-and knowing that it was by your own sweat.
Your kitchen looks like it will be HUGE. SO-the kitchen you use now...will that be the pantry?
Thats the tough part of buying a fixer-upper..It takes a long time to see the results, but boy oh boy, when they are finished it is SO WORTH IT!! :) Try to take it a little easy though you getting to be further along now! :)
Thanks for the comments! :)
Rebecca, no, the kitchen we're using now will be made into a study or an extra bedroom. Do you remember seeing our pantry off the kitchen? It is pretty large and has all these cupboards to store things in-very handy! I am not THAT ambitious to need a "pantry room"! hehe ;)
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