Hi Friends! I'm sorry I missed you last week, I was on a little mini vacation on the Washington coast. We went clam digging in Moclips. It was a really nice 3 day weekend. Felt good to get out of town for a little bit.
I was debating if I wanted to wait to post about our kitchen project until everything was done, but I thought it might be fun to take you guys along for the ride! Our kitchen needs a face lift. I love our home, but we really lack natural light. My goal with this reno is to lighten it up in there and to give it a brighter, airier feel. So, here is a before pic.
I was debating if I wanted to wait to post about our kitchen project until everything was done, but I thought it might be fun to take you guys along for the ride! Our kitchen needs a face lift. I love our home, but we really lack natural light. My goal with this reno is to lighten it up in there and to give it a brighter, airier feel. So, here is a before pic.
As you can see from the photo at the top of this post, we have started taking out the tile counter tops and back splash. If you've read some of my past posts, you will know that we have had some issues with the tiling job in our house. Some tiles have just fallen off and broken. Every time I clean the counter, more grout comes out. After 9 years of being here, well, there's not much grout left.
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If you watch any of the DIY shows, when demo day comes around, you'll see homeowners swinging that sledgehammer around like a bunch of crazy people. Although, it does look fun, we had to stay sane. We are keeping our cabinetry because it is pretty great as is. This means taking the counters out had to be done in a precise and safe way. We were still able to pull out the Big hammer! This hammer was my dads. I like having it around.
Taking the granite tiles off wasn't too difficult. However, they must have used some kind of futuristic super glue on the back splash tiles, because they did NOT want to come off. Hammers, pry bars and chisels were our only hope for this job. We created some pretty major holes in our wall. You could even see the insulation in couple areas!
Taking the granite tiles off wasn't too difficult. However, they must have used some kind of futuristic super glue on the back splash tiles, because they did NOT want to come off. Hammers, pry bars and chisels were our only hope for this job. We created some pretty major holes in our wall. You could even see the insulation in couple areas!
 Ummm.... Yeah, I am pretty sure this is NOT supposed to look this way. |  Look! We made some angel wings! |
Everything is ready now for the counter team to come in and do the template. I can't wait to check in next week and show your our progress!
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