Its been a while since my last update. I have been sharing small feats on our instagram page (@thatsso70sblog) so this post will be a wrap up of the last several months as we have completed the building phase of the reno.
We finished the electrical work; adding brand new lighting in the living spaces, changes to the lighting plan for the new kitchen layout, adjust everything that comes with those changes and personalizing our electrical needs for the spaces we are planning.
We have also framed in the steel beam, created the new pantry, and edited the utility closet.
In May we demoed the remaining kitchen and have been living with a make shift sink, oven in the middle of the dining room and only having a folding table for counter-space. Its been....interesting....
Following this we had to rip out a thin layer of plywood and 3 layers of linoleum from the kitchen/back entry. This job, this job was definitely the most grueling/physically demanding. I would happily take scraping popcorn ceiling over prying off flooring any day.
They added in the extra layer of plywood to level out the flooring as the rest of the house was carpeted. Then over the years when they were wanting to change flooring, they just installed new linoleum on-top of the old.
We then removed the window in the what I'm guessing was the casual dining space so we could frame in the new pantry.
We have since moved our dining room/"kitchen" into the basement, disconnected the sink and stove, and moved the fridge off the wall so the drywall could be hung. I would say this step has been the hardest as we cannot cook for the days the drywaller's are working.
Currently the timeline is to install the kitchen cabinets the weekend of July 20th as we are scheduled to have the counter-tops installed on the 24th.
Fingers crossed everyone that we can stick to this timeline, as I would very much like to have a functioning kitchen by the end of the month.
At this time I would like to shout off the rooftops a GIGANTIC thank you to my father-in-law. He has been coming over basically every weekend, working all day with Darrel to have our house at the state it is in. We literally could not have been able to be at this stage at this time without your hard work and help. So, again thank you 💗
Lauren xox
We finished the electrical work; adding brand new lighting in the living spaces, changes to the lighting plan for the new kitchen layout, adjust everything that comes with those changes and personalizing our electrical needs for the spaces we are planning.
We have also framed in the steel beam, created the new pantry, and edited the utility closet.
In May we demoed the remaining kitchen and have been living with a make shift sink, oven in the middle of the dining room and only having a folding table for counter-space. Its been....interesting....
Following this we had to rip out a thin layer of plywood and 3 layers of linoleum from the kitchen/back entry. This job, this job was definitely the most grueling/physically demanding. I would happily take scraping popcorn ceiling over prying off flooring any day.
They added in the extra layer of plywood to level out the flooring as the rest of the house was carpeted. Then over the years when they were wanting to change flooring, they just installed new linoleum on-top of the old.
We then removed the window in the what I'm guessing was the casual dining space so we could frame in the new pantry.
We have since moved our dining room/"kitchen" into the basement, disconnected the sink and stove, and moved the fridge off the wall so the drywall could be hung. I would say this step has been the hardest as we cannot cook for the days the drywaller's are working.
Currently the timeline is to install the kitchen cabinets the weekend of July 20th as we are scheduled to have the counter-tops installed on the 24th.
Fingers crossed everyone that we can stick to this timeline, as I would very much like to have a functioning kitchen by the end of the month.
At this time I would like to shout off the rooftops a GIGANTIC thank you to my father-in-law. He has been coming over basically every weekend, working all day with Darrel to have our house at the state it is in. We literally could not have been able to be at this stage at this time without your hard work and help. So, again thank you 💗
Lauren xox
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