Dear Mike; Kitchen Reno lesson number 1. Be patient. I thought our kitchen was going to get demolished today. Wrong. The contractor and his lead ‘demolisher’ turned up today to get the lay of the land and do some more measurements. The reassuring news is that the guys will be here tomorrow to ‘protect’ the rest of the upper floor. The hardwood will be cleaned, plastic and plywood put on top, our bedroom (which we have vacated) will be taped off, as will the bottom of the stairs. Even the aging vinyl on the deck will be covered up to prevent it from getting scarier then it already is. All the furniture remaining in the living area will be covered up, as will the fridge and dishwasher when they get disconnected and unplugged.
The photo above shows the elegant floor of our master bathroom, ha ha!
This is vintage 1970’s vinyl! Makes me throw up in my mouth, just a little bit. The rest of the bathroom is just as ugly, as you can see on the left. It is all getting demolished, new tub, new toilet, new pedestal sink….and an additional window at the end of the new tub so we can lie in the tub and look out the window into the forest. I have posted two short videos, one of the kitchen, one of the bathroom, to Facebook(you don’t have to be a member to watch them) so you can tour the existing ‘facilities’, and plan to post a lot more photos and videos, leading right up to ‘the reveal’. When will that be? Lesson Number 1. Be patient. (the videos aren’t posted just yet, will update this post with the links when they are.) At this point Facebook is refusing to encode my videos for some reason. I have now uploaded them twice, with no results. Now I’m trying youtube…here is the kitchen video, I think:
And now here is the bathroom video:
