Drywall

After a long weekend of no construction we are back at it. We had fun at Great Wolf Lodge in celebration of Ashley's no thumb sucking for a whole month! Came home Monday to a broken furnace, thankfully it was fixed Tuesday afternoon and no burst pipes.

On Valentines day the electrician was here for most of the day and again Monday from 2-8. The Amish crew came Tuesday and Thursday and will be back Monday 2/23. Cabinets, door and windows will be delivered tomorrow morning! The measurement for the countertops is Thursday 2/26 so the base cabinets have to be in by then. The countertop instal is 3/11 and its starting to feel like the end is in sight although still mid March before we can really get excited.

On Tuesday the drywall went up and pantry built and today the ceiling was painted and texturized. We had to build out the soffit above the fridge to allow for the wood piece to fit so that was also completed. Tim will be painting himself although that's the least of our concerns we haven't discussed colors at all. I just want my sink and dishwasher back!

Window and door update

Not much to update since Wednesday, the Amish crew worked a half day on Thursday and have not been back since. We are at a standstill until the electrician gets his work completed and the windows arrive on the 19th. Most of the electrical is complete but one new outlet needs to be fitted into pipe in the cold air return to meet code. I cannot believe how many outlets we will have! Our old kitchen had 4 and 2 of the 4 were not accessible. We also added a pantry light, outside light and new fan cannot wait to see those. It's been a challenge keeping the kids and dog out of the construction zone and Gus seems to have a taste for insulation.  We filled up 2 Bagsters today with debris and hopefully picked up tomorrow by Waste Management so we don't look like the "trash" of the street - pun intended.
The picture above is the view from the outside the white window is becoming a door that opens out to the deck and the small window will be the start of the new wall of windows facing the back yard.

Update

Ceiling came down on Tuesday and old cabinets went up in laundry room. The old cabinets fit perfectly on the wall and Tim and I moved the base cabinets next to washer/dryer. We still need to fit the mini fridge in the laundry room cabinet and buy a cheap Formica top for in there but for now it's fine.
On Wednesday the windows came out of kitchen and the new window frames went in, also the walk in pantry was framed. Some bad news on the pantry door, Tims door is too big the new space is 24" and his is 27" he could cut some off but with the design on the door it will look weird.  The soffit also has to stay, theres too many vents and wires hidden inside but hopefully the new kitchen will look so amazing you will not notice. The electrician is not available till Saturday but with the ceiling down I am hopeful he will finish quickly. Windows not due in till 2/19 and cabinets after that.

Demo complete

Day began at 6:30 Tim hurried out to snowblow the drive and I hurried to unload the last dishwasher load and pack away in basement. Kids up by 7 and crew arrived by 7:30.  All demo completed and we are down to bare bones.  No hardwood floors hiding under the carpet...sad face. Vent to upstairs bedroom needs rerouted due to new windows and breakfast bar area has plumbing in wall, other than that we are in good shape. Electrician came for a few hours tonight to turn off power in main kitchen area. Plan for tomorrow is frame the wall for new windows and start pantry. We survived day one! Some before and now pics...

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Pantry door

The new kitchen will have a walk in pantry with a door! This is exciting because the current kitchen does not have a pantry and only 6 upper cabinets and 3 lower, which translates to no room for anything. We are having the Amish carpenter build the pantry with wood shelves and we were going to buy a cheap door and then Tim came up with a brilliant idea to re salvage a wood door from his grandfathers (Papa) 1800's house that is set for demo. Tim managed to remove the door and a few others and then he stripped, scrapped and stained. The current paint on the door may have been lead paint consideing the age. Below are the before and after.