We have an outdated, eighties original kitchen in #LadyDianeReno. Complete with blue wallpaper and fur downs. When we first moved in we had to do immediate demo to make room for updated appliances. The original range was built in and much skinnier than ranges today.
The progression...
This squeezed everything in there without having to damage countertops and send us into a full kitchen renovation right away.
Next, I think I waited a whole week before we ripped down the overhead cabinets blocking the view from the kitchen to the dining room.
We lost a lot of storage doing that but I. Did. Not. Care.
It also didn't take me long to start tearing down that wallpaper either!
We've been living with this for a year now as I tried to tweak my kitchen design to fit in that space. I've finally got my design in my head and have started the first phase. This first phase bumps out the wall dividing the laundry and living rooms further in to the living room. It creates a nice little space for my fridge to be built in, makes my laundry room bigger and creates a small closet for games and movies.
Before:
Adding ceiling plates was by far the most time consuming part of constructing the new wall. After those were up we framed the wall and raised it into place!
New electrical was run in the new wall and then it was full on family demo day!
Then we drywalled, taped and mudded, and the receptacles were added in.
Next on the list:
- Finish framing out the closet for the door
- Adding texture to the new wall
- Finish drywalling the Laundry Room
- New Laundry Room arrangement
- Building Laundry Room cabinets
Stay tuned!
Great work!
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