Sung to the tune of “One More Day” (Yeah, not really, but it kept going through my head).
We started setting the insulation, in a fashion most would say is ‘upside down’.
However, since we had the ‘luxury’ of having the floor joist exposed, we were able to insulate our ‘craw-less’ space. We felt warmer with every piece.
I wonder what everyone else I work with is doing during vacation.
We do a masterful job of installing the new sub floor and begin day 3 taking down the old cabinets.
We find a message left by the last ones to work behind these walls…
We also find old wall paper.
Oh, yes and the ‘message’…well, I really am too tired to make this stuff up.
A clear indication that there might have been teenagers in the house…
We finish pulling down the old false ceiling and gleefully destroy the rest of the old poorly functioning kitchen.
After another trip to the dump, our third in three days, we begin installing the rest of the kitchen floor.
We bought engineered bamboo from Lumber Liquidators.
The flooring is hard!
A renewable resource, the bamboo is great value for money
We planned on 15% wastage..
However, our wastage is so low, we’ll have enough to redo the floor in the old laundry room.
I am wearing my ‘flooring’ sneakers, which work well with gently prodding the flooring into their proper space, before whacking them into place.
Easy peasy and three days later…
We are done!
Ta Da! We’ve got our floor in…dusty and saw-dusty! The main demo is done, the ‘putting together’ exciting at every turn…
we are grateful and indeed we are blessed.
Fantastic! The floor is beautiful! Exciting to see so much progress!
Floor looks great! So does your new kitchen!
Thanks Heath,
We’re getting there!
Very nice! Curious, is that a black tarp or plastic wrap on top of the soil in the crawl space? Did you bring it up the inside side walls too? Is there a termite issue in your neck of the woods?
We do have black plastic down in the new part of the building, as that crawl space is big enough to crawl in. It also acts as a moisture barrier. There is no plastic in the old space as, no one is small enough to actually get through there as that space is about 6-10 inches.
Stylin’ !!!!Certainly won’t look like an old farm kitchen now!! A new and functional farm kitchen!! You two are AMAZING!!
Thank you my friend! It will actually be a fun kitchen to cook in as well! We’ve lots to still do, but are already loving it…tired of the chaos, but loving it still!
That is looking incredible!!! What a great job you both are doing! So what is going to go in the old kitchen space? More new kitchen??
Thank you friend!
The old kitchen will have a large table and L shaped banquette, perfect for family and keeping everyone out of the cook’s space.