Pot lights are up in the kitchen and dining area. More work on removing the tile and filling in gaps with drywall. The kitchen and part of the dining area were left surrounded in plastic. It's get less dramatic as the demo is done and now it's finishing walls and ceilings.
My cats are upset they can't get in and inspect the work done today. :-D I've been leaving them locked in the bedroom together. So far so good with that. They've got a few more days as it looks like work for phase one won't be done until early next week.
It sucks to wash dishes in the bathroom. The sink faucet is too low and the bathtub is too low for my knees. It's going to be a long 4-5 more weeks!
Turns out it's easy to run wires when the ceiling is open, so I get an overhead light/ceiling fan in the living room! Yay!! I have such a mellow contractor. I hesitated asking, but he just said now's the time to do it! Drywall is up on the ceiling too. Plastic was left up to keep things tidy.
Back to work on the kitchen after the weekend. Thankfully insulation went in. It was getting very chilly! And a nice big hole for the switch for the kitchen, dining area and living room.
Wow! I think I'll be saying that a lot!! I came home to no ceiling, or half walls into the kitchen, and the giant mirrored wall in the dining room gone!! Woot! I'm starting to get excited. I'm so impressed with my contractor guy. Everything is left so tidy. Yay!!
Tomorrow my kitchen will be demolished. I am excited and nervous, and can't wait for it to be finished! I can't think of anything I will be sad to see go. The white tile with dingy grout, the melamine cabinets with cracks and warped shelves, the dishwasher that doesn't work...including the mouse eaten hose. Yep, farewell 1978 kitchen.
It's time for a higher ceiling, slate floors, cabinets with handles, granite countertops, sink, a faucet with a single lever for hot and cold, pot lights, and appliances. Can't wait to meet my new kitchen in 4-6 weeks.
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Kitchen has stayed encased in plastic. Walls are being prepped, the ceiling finished, last of the tile removed. Nothing too exciting.
