First weekend for demo

The first weekend of the kitchen is now just behind us. We started ripping out the uppers Saturday and then did some other odds and ends Sunday. Obviously, it's easiest to rip out the doors and small pieces. Loosen the nails and rip away.


This is our exhaust fan above the sink. I think it's from the original kitchen when the stove was hooked to our old chimney. It was a little too powerful, but did a great job. We only used it a few times.

I think the most annoying and important part of remodeling a kitchen is setting up a makeshift one somewhere else. In our case, the best idea was the dining room. Microwave, toaster, toaster oven, and everything else in the cupboards.

The hardest part about a dining room kitchen is keeping the dogs out. Of course, this happens to be when the neighbor lady needs to leave for 2 weeks and leave her dog with us. Crap.

We're working on more demo over the week. The floor is what I'm most worried about. This Saturday the electrician is coming out to move some outlets, install 6 canned lights, one pendent, and add a couple of new breakers. And Sunday dad is coming over to help us with the plumbing for the refrigerator water and the faucet.