Kitchen Remodel: Day 1

On Tuesday, September 15th Thomas (our foreman) started at 8am.  The critical path for the project is the custom cabinet manufacturing, so we needed to get the kit/dr wall torn down as quickly as possible so that we could measure for the cabinets that were to be underneath the new peninsula countertop.  The first task was getting the built-in cabinet un-built-in.  This was also, from our perspective, the trickiest.  If it didn't come out in one piece, or was too damaged in the process, we probably would end up scrapping it, which would be a shame.  We really wanted to keep this part of the original house.  Not only would it keep the house in character and retain the original house pieces, it also would be quite a handy and beautiful piece of furniture.

Seth, our GC, also had reservations about how it would come out, but Thomas was pretty confident that he could be successful.  He made some pretty quick headway.  It's odd seeing what's behind the panels and molding in an 80+ year-old house.

We just weren't sure what to expect, but after a day's worth of prying, pulling, and banging, it came out in one piece - even the mirror!  By 3pm or so Thomas was done with this part.  He'll come back tomorrow to start tearing apart the wall itself, but a good day's work.

 

 This was a pretty sure sign that there was no looking back now.  As you can see, there will be some floor work that will need to be done.

Interestingly, since I was so leary about how this particular piece would go, and it went very well, I think I have now lost my sense of fear about the whole project.  This is going to turn out great!