The end of the first week feels great! The kitchen is much more open with the walls gone/lowered, and the drop ceiling removed. Now we can see the new design start coming together as outlets and switches are moved, new lights installed, and drywall is added. Not much else to say at this point, as we are heading into Christmas this weekend. I’ll post again next week when things start hopping.
Still a lot going on, but the strokes don’t seem so broad. The drop ceiling is gone, and it’s clear how much bigger the space is going to feel. The framing for the removed wall areas is also coming out. It was a great feeling this morning to walk into the living room and see the light coming in from the kitchen window. A lot of new building materials showed up this morning, so it looks like we will see new things going in soon!
Day two of the kitchen demo gave us a glimpse of how the final remodel will look, as the drywall was torn out of the areas where the wall is being removed! It’s a nice excitement bump to help offset the thought of washing our dishes in the bathroom tub.
After one day of prep and demo, the kitchen is largely transformed. Holly was quite happy to see the old 1956 cabinets mostly gone when she got home. I’m also really impressed that Keystone cleaned up the work area before they left for the night! All the debris was swept and vacuumed. That’s a nice touch, since we have three cats that will be poking their noses into everything different when we let them out each night.
I have a little Joby Gorillapod, which is a really cool and lightweight way to have a tripod with me. The other day I was pondering where to get a solid, cheap stand for my iPad, rather than paying the ridiculously high prices for “official” iPad stands I’ve seen, when it occurred to me to use the Joby! I bent the front two legs upwards to catch the iPad base, and bent the back leg mostly flat for stability.