Our Kitchen Renovation: A Scary Update

If you’re new here & you are curious about our renovation, begin below.

uncovering 130 12 months old wallpaper though going through our kitchen renovation

We’ve formally been out of our home and conducting our kitchen renovation for 4 months now. At this time, the volume of progress that our GC has manufactured is quite remarkable. Our contractor (who we applied for my mom’s kitchen area – which you can browse all about below, if you would like), said it would take 5-6 weeks to full. I was admittedly skeptical, but it really is searching like we’re far more or significantly less right on observe. Building and kitchen area renovations pretty much never ever happen this way, as I am confident you know, so I’m thrilled.

exploring layers of vintage vinyl flooring that I secretly really like

Hardwood flooring is likely in as we speak, our flooring have been leveled, and the plumbing, HVAC, and electrical is comprehensive. Though almost everything is on the ideal keep track of, it is not to say that our kitchen area renovation did not occur with its good share of surprises together the way.

You may well recall me mentioning that our kitchen made use of to slope considerably. So much so that I applied to have to strategically place my eggs or they would roll of the counter, hah. So we knew a thing was likely on with the 1 back corner of our household. When we opened up the area to investigate, having said that, we learned that a large portion of the back wall of our home had literally been washed absent over the many years. There was legitimately a huge gaping hole, whereby our floor joist was just floating in the air, not tied into a thing. We’re all stunned that our fridge by no means fell via the floor (certainly).

the purpose our kitchen area was so sloped, in black and white due to the fact: ew

I feel like we ought to have been pressured by this discovery, but we surprisingly felt relieved. We knew anything was up and now that we eventually had some responses we could go forward and rectify every thing. It really is all been correctly tackled at this place. I am definitely psyched to transfer on and know that it will no lengthier be of concern. Fortunately we knew that a thing was demanded back again there so that time was taken into thought at the onset. Our contractor failed to miss a beat and it luckily for us hasn’t delayed a thing.

130 12 months outdated subfloor (& new flats I adore)

In addition to that enjoyable discovery, we also uncovered a full top basement room underneath our kitchen area. We were usually advised that the kitchen area was an extension and that it was designed as a slab on the present quality. Indicating there is no basement under, so this was manufacturer new details. I’m certainly persuaded it is really in which the ghosts hold out. I signify, our residence is 130 years outdated just after all. It was a pretty exciting discovery and nevertheless the house is now unaccessible, we do have the likely to open up it up from below. It is a thing we may perhaps take a look at further just one working day. A entire new room! Who knew! But also, I have so many questions. Why is it boarded up? Do I even want to know… I am also now curious as to what else our dwelling is hiding.

identifying a whole height basement we did not know existed

While there has not been much to see up right up until this stage, we are at the finishes stage of the venture which is wherever all of the serious exhilaration lies for me. I will be sure to circle back again with extra updates as factors progress. And if you will find everything particular you would like me to tackle I might be delighted to! Just say the term.

it truly is difficult to see it at this phase but this is soon after a significant amount of function, ha

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