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First we decided that it was time to change out the wallpaper. So I started peeling paper. I started at the entrance of the kitchen then moved to the back wall, then on to the wall with the big window. I peeled a lot of wallpaper and I have to tell you it was not easy. This was vinyl coated wallpaper and spraying it with water does no good. The water runs right off. So, I had to peel the first layer off then spray with warm water to remove the rest<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We started giving the kitchen remodel some serious thought.\u00a0 We knew we wanted to buy new appliances and the ones that I picked out we, by we I mean Dwayne =),\u00a0 would need to make the cabinets bigger.\u00a0 So he decided that to start the door at the end of the kitchen needed to go.\u00a0 So out it came.<\/p>\n Before with the door<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After door is removed<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then he gets the bright idea that we’ll just replace the drywall (every where I have already peeled the wallpaper).\u00a0 I’m giving him a bad time about this till because he waited until I was completely finished peeling paper from those walls before he decided to remove the drywall, then had the nerve to tell me “It’s good practice”\u00a0\u00a0 And while we are at it we will add insulation to the outside wall where the window is.\u00a0 He also decided that the door leading out to the garage needed to be moved down the wall close to where the other door had been removed.\u00a0 So I started ripping out drywall.\u00a0 It’s really good for getting out your frustrations because you are demolishing something.\u00a0 =)<\/p>\n Looking into the kitchen from the newly moved garage door<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once we had our appliances we decided we would put the new frig in and use it.\u00a0 We opted for a counter depth frig and neither one of us thought much about it.\u00a0 It’s shallower but also taller.\u00a0 Needless to say the frig didn’t fit the area we wanted to put it even though we measured prior to our purchase.\u00a0\u00a0 Like all good projects we had to improvise.\u00a0 We took out the cabinet that was above the old frig and tried again.\u00a0 It fit.\u00a0 Yeah!!!!!!\u00a0\u00a0 But now we couldn’t open one door because it hit the wall.\u00a0\u00a0 LOL.\u00a0 So we decided that the opening to the kitchen should just be made bigger.\u00a0 With that in mind Dwayne came armed from the garage with the all purpose sawsall.\u00a0 You have got to love this tool.\u00a0 Cuts through a car just as easily as it cuts through drywall.\u00a0 So bigger the opening got.\u00a0\u00a0 And what do you know, the frig finally fits.\u00a0\u00a0 =)<\/p>\n Before - small entrance, old frig w\/cabinet above<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After - larger entrance and new frig w\/o cabinet above. Isn't that one purdy fridge?<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We just had to see how the souffets were made so we took the drywall off of them and then the real fun began.\u00a0 We started dismantling the kitchen cabinet by cabinet.\u00a0\u00a0 Then came the floor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Which brings us up to date on the kitchen.\u00a0 We are still looking at a gutted kitchen with a new plywood floor.\u00a0 I’m told this weekend is drywall for the walls and ceiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thought I would just give an over view of what we have actually done on the kitchen in the last year. Yup, you read that right. The last year. We are slow to really get moving. =) Here is a picture of what the kitchen looked like when we first started. … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n