At long last the kitchen remodel is finally moving along. A
few weeks back (the first week of August) I decided that I needed to ask for a
date. I sent a couple of emails to the contacts I had been given and waited.
About two weeks later I was called by the scheduling department and we got a
date.
I took several weeks to pack all of the kitchen supplies and
carry them downstairs to the basement. As I was carrying the final loads I
realized I was going to have to carry everything back up the stairs, and I
would not want to wait three or four weeks to get that done.
The kitchen destruction occurred on September 20. Since we did not go with the full service
remodel we had to get all of the appliances out of the kitchen. Lucky I have a
good handy man to call on and this was not as bad as I thought it would be. Then
I would have just about one week to get all of the other tasks accomplished
before the reconstruction begins on September 29.
After the destruction, I had to schedule an electrician, a plumber,
and get some help patching the ceiling and the walls. The walls were in a lot
worse shape than I thought they would be, and the retro wall paper didn't
help. There was even wall paper on the ceiling, interesting choice. All of the exposed wall paper was painted over before we bought the house, but I didn't realize how much this would come back to be such a pain.
Painting the ceiling started today. My nightmare will be the
exposed wall area above the sink. I thought I could get by with just paint, but
now I am not so sure. I’ll be taking another trip to Home Depot to see what I
can find that will help.
