Today was David’s Friday off which finally gave us some time
to work together to plan out electrical routing. We walked through our imaginary
kitchen flipping on imaginary lights switches and plugging in imaginary
outlets. Yes, we still believe we are both sane enough to continue with this
DIY project :o) After routing electrical wiring, we had to design the wall
where cabinets will be hung as well as building a recessed space for our
refrigerator to slide back into. David had marked his territory in the family
room sprawled in kitchen design papers, a legal pad, calculator, and his
engineering brain running full speed ahead! After about 30 minutes of David scribbling frantically away on his yellow lined paper in handwriting only legible with a microscope and me sitting there acting like I could offer some form of help but failing miserably, I decided to be a little more productive. Let Operation Kitchen Cleanout begin! With no rhymm or reason other than it fit, I stuffed items from our cabinets into boxes and began taking them downstairs where we had designated as our make-shift kitchen through this project. David finished his calculations and joined the cleanout. He ended up being a better box filler, so while he crammed kitchen items into boxes, suitcases and laundry baskets (engineers always find a way) I stayed in the basement and started unloading. Once the basement transformation was complete after getting the appliances down, then the real fun started. (Actually the refrigerator was left upstairs because with no dolly or another burly man to help, I didn’t feel confident in my strength to get it down the stairs and corner in one piece.)
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| These were taken once we got the frig down |
With puddy knives and a crowbar, the trim was the first to go. Then with David and his Christmas drill, the cabinets came next. That was interesting considering the multiple screw types we came upon, as well as a cabinet almost falling on me after it was unscrewed from its partner support. Then there was David questioning my manly muscles as I huffed and puffed helping him get the cabinets to the garage. Let’s just say these man muscles fatigue quickly, and I have no hint of rock climbing muscle hands as my grip became practically non existence. But I rallied and continued on! Next was the laminate floor which was easy peasy to remove. And then came the ceramic tile…slightly different than laminate, HA! With David swinging his sledge hammer like a mad man and me sweeping up the dusty mess behind him, that project was all wrapped up in less than an hour!
With the sledge hammer in his hand and his eagerness to do
some real damage, David plowed into one of the 4 walls that are coming down.
After sweeping up the ceramic tile destruction, I was on full flege clean-up-shit
mode! Let’s just say David could have removed all flooring, trim and cabinets
and kept them in our small work space and thought nothing of it. Me, on the
other hand, likes to have space to move without stepping over cabinets, stacks
of tile or avoiding the countless nails sticking out of trim lying on the
ground. So while David removed walls, I removed nails in trim. This let me
stack trim without it getting scratched up by the nails and would help clean up
the space.
For our first day on our DIY kitchen remodel, I’d say we
kicked some serious ass! It’s a weird feeling looking at our kitchen completly gutted
considering until now it’s only been a figment of our imagination. While it’s
odd, it’s incredibly exciting and I can’t wait to tear into some walls
tomorrow!
-Demo Delight
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