Kitchen Designer Gone Client!: Week 1

Whoo hoo! The day has arrived! November 9^th. The kitchen will be gone today and we will be another day closer to our new kitchen!

TUESDAY 11/09/10 – The first thing Isaak has to complete is widening the basement doorway because the old refrigerator will not fit downstairs.

Now comes the fun part of transferring all the food from the new refrigerator to the old refrigerator now relocated into the basement. The old refrigerator is a little smaller and it took some strategic packing in order to fit everything in the freezer. While I am doing the food transfer, the new refrigerator, dishwasher and range get moved into the garage.

Before I head off to the office, the A/C guys from All City Heating & Cooling (http://allcityheatcool.com/) show up and we review the locations of the registers and ductwork. We decide to run 2 ducts through Wayne’s closet. I ask them to tell me when we have to clear it out and I get a resounding “WHEN!” So now I clear out the closet and lay all the clothes on the bed and cover them with sheets of plastic.

When we get home we find the cabinets, countertops, kitchen ceiling and dining room wall are gone. Wow! This space is going to be great and the dogs are going nuts running circles through the living room and dining room/kitchen. Back upstairs we have to put the closet back together to clear the bed for the night.

Wow! This is great Fred look what they have done for us!

A view from the dining room. Powder room still intact.

Fred is exhausted after all the excitement!

WEDNESDAY, 11/10/10 – 6:30AM Isaak is parked out front waiting to come in at 7:00AM. We empty the closet again and cover the bed, and off to work. When I get home more of the dining room ceiling and walls have been removed; the air handler and compressor for the a/c have arrive and the closet has been cut open. A small run of molding in our guest room has been removed which will aid in running a/c ducting from the attic to the living room and dining room.

Powder room still intact, but more plaster gone!

Holes appearinging ing the ceiling for A/C!

More plaster removed from Sink Wall.

Open space for ducting in closet.

THURSDAY, 11/11/10 - Not much happening today. GC has errands to run and will be here later this afternoon. We do not have to empty the closet today. More plaster is removed from dining room walls. The walls of the powder room are now gone too!

More plaster removed from Dining Room. This door will be replaced with a French Door.

Wow! The attic looks so empty!

The air handler is huge and right over the Master Bedroom.

Ceiling is completely gone.

A new view to the Powder Room. The box is a steam radiator which will be relocated.

FRIDAY, 11/12/10 - Start off the day by emptying Wayne's closet once again! The trailer is filled to the brim! Isaak hauls it off to the dump. His helper stays behind and continues to remove plaster from the powder room. When Isaak returns, his helper wants to leave early. Something about a road trip to the Carolinas to pick up a relative. mmm?

Almost all the plaster has been removed from the kitchen/dining and powder room areas. Now Isaak moves into the living room to start working on that ceiling.

Meanwhile, major holes are being cut into the ceilings for a/c return and registers.

Not much left in the Powder Room.

Our first unforeseen occurrence. Once the plaster has been removed from the exterior powder room walls it is brought to my attention that the lower 18"of the house's exterior sheathing has rotted away and needs to be replaced. Upon closer inspection it is determined that the sill plate is rotten and crumbles to the touch. I knew the house was sinking in that corner.