Our house was built in the middle of the last century, and had (as far as we could tell) the original kitchen. It was in serious need of repair, or better yet replaced. The oven was non-functioning, the stove only had 2 burners that worked on high, cupboards were falling apart, and the floor was half ripped up and gross. It was all started with talk of getting a dishwasher installed. why put a new dishwasher in old cabinets, why put new cabinets on a shitty floor? It was a domino effect that led to canceling plans for a month long road trip and deciding on a $10,000 budget for a brand new kitchen top to bottom. The wife and I are doing all the work ourselves, saving quite a bit of money, and causing a couple arguments along the way. We're not quite done, but it is a functioning kitchen again.
We started by tearing out the old cabinets:
The walls came down next:
Then we moved around and installed some power points:
Putting up the drywall was certainly our favorite step:
We arrived at the painting and installing new fixtures, and we could see the light at the end of the tunnel:
The floor going down made it look like a crisp new room:
The sink side of the kitchen cabinets were first so we could stop eating out:
We have a few things left on the to do list: Finish the floor, install and paint molding, stove side cabinets installed, and install the hood...
