It All Started with the Kitchen

Our summer was filled with dust, demolition, building, moving furniture, more dust, moving furniture again and more dust.... but it will all be worth it in the end. This was our summer to spruce up the inside of the house. We started with the kitchen, then the floors, then the celings. We will move on to paint and front porch soon. Here are a few pictures documenting Steve's hard work.

First step, removing the old florescent lighting.

Second step, removing the upper cabinets over the peninsula.

Steve and I did this all by ourselves with some muscle and a lot of ingenuity.

Next, installing recessed (canned) lights.

Cutting the counter....

Drawing pictures on the end of the counter before Papa finishes it off.

Installing a new cupboard and moving the dishwasher.
Moving the island before the new floors are installed.
Moving out before the new floors.....

New carpet...

...and new laminate.

Moving back in after the floors were installed.

New countertops.....

...and appliances.

New microwave and stove hood to come.

Then we moved outside!

Demolition of the walk up to the house.

And demolition of the porch/step.

Pouring the new porch and walk way.

This was as far as we got before the end of summer.

More to come next Spring!