Drywall

Drywall

Last weekend we worked on pulling the drywall down in the kitchen. Cobian really enjoyed pounding the wall, pulling off drywall and taking nails out of the studs. This was a bit messy. We found more nuts in the walls... but this time they looked liked pistachios. We also pulled out the kitchen floor linoleum. The pantry has been painted and we are going to build new shelves. Eric is getting closer to finishing the ceiling in the family room. He finished putting up the ceiling in the office, now it just needs molding and paint. I pulled down most of the wallpaper in the master, just need to get a few more little spots.

Here is a quick video of Cobian and Eric in action.

Wallpaper

so..... found out that most of my wallpaper stripping was a waste a time. We will be taking down all the drywall instead of patching it up. Lovely! I had a feeling that was going to happen.

Ceiling

Ceiling before in the office and family room:
The white panels are the first attempt to do the ceiling. We decided to try the shiplap (don't know how to spell that) instead when we discovered that the ceiling isn't completely flat.








Ceiling after wood was added:
(shiplap) .... Sorry, the picture is not at the right angle. It will be painted white for a cottage/coastal look.

Soffits

Kitchen DEMO:

Eric has been working on the demo. of the kitchen. He got all of the soffits down, and pulled out the corner base cabinet on Saturday with some help from my dad. On Sunday, he pulled out the island. Luckily, his dad showed up at the right time to help him transport it out of the house. He took the island out in one big piece...and intends on taking it apart outside. We are getting some estimates this week for new cabinets!!! Hopefully, we can get things moving. What did he find in the soffits.... chewed up macademia nuts. Their were some critters living in the walls awhile back. Luckily they are not still living there... but their poop is!!! Yuck.

On Saturday, I was peeling off more wallpaper ... with the help of my new heat gun. (and my mom too) Unfortunately, I left it on the counter while Eric was doing demo and he got a small burn... sorry babe! I just has surgery last week and had my gallbladder removed, and have not been able to do much. On Saturday, I was feeling more energetic and so was removing wallpaper. However, it turns out my body was not so happy. I had pizza for dinner.. my first time in awhile and the combination of grease and doing too much was not good. My body hurt like I was in labor for a couple of hours and the pain killers did not help. OUCH!

Sunday I was instructed by my husband to not do anything. So...I drew plans for the kitchen.

Blow Dryer

I've been slowly pulling off wallpaper. Dixie pulled out the blow dryer the other day to see if it would help. It actually seemed to help with the top layer. The bottom layer also came off smoother too. Eric bought a heat gun at Harbor Freight... so the next time we pull more wallpaper down, we are going to try the heat gun.

Old Cabinets

The upper cabinets in the kitchen have now been taken out. This is just a picture of one of the cabinets before and after. They came off pretty easily. Eric just yanked on the them... they only had nails at the top and were resting on the tile.