Spring Cleaning in a major way!

 

Well, we've finally started the project we've been talking about for 3 years! That is very exciting but it quickly got difficult when we realized our walls aren't standard and neither are the angles! But leave it to Dan to figure all those numbers out and the next thing we knew we had two completely FULL vehicles full of boxes (some correct and some not!) in the dining room and living room... it seems we won't be having any family dinners any time soon!

 





So then the fun starts. Time to remove cupboard doors that have been swinging there for 30 years, longer if you count the family before us!   I'm surprised I didn't have some sentiment for the doors that my kids abused but when we started to realize how uneven and beaten up they were, I can only feel excitement!

All the doors are gone now, considering everything else has taken so long, this was surprisingly quick. A little daily frustration can go a long way when demoing your shelving that should NEVER be the entire width of the kitchen. An afterthought... I probably should not have put the heavy stuff in the middle! I'm no longer afraid that the cupboards won't stay up, if these ones did, we have no worries. Window frame went at this step, I wonder if we can save the window sill... yep, sentiment finally showed up!  

Dan finally let me have the hammer, it was not as fun as I thought it would be but it was fun to be able to help. But we all know that I'm better at a camera which is why Dan now has the hammer... Marty was starting to feel a little left out.

 

I will not let her surprise me like that again, she almost snuck one in!

And the world carries on outside and of course, I took a camera break!

 

We had a few tense moments, this was a fraidy one...  when Dan realized that the doors didn't have holes behind them and what the heck is a replacement panel.. he ultimately figured stuff out as usual but it wasn't any fun getting there!

Poor Marty,  wishing she was anywhere else but here!

 

 And at the end of the day we had one corner up and it's finally time to call it quits for tonight! and NO, the board won't stay there... it's Dan's way of keeping it even without measuring too close! PS. This blog in no way expresses the views of ALL members of the household, just the one who chooses to share :)  Feel free to ask Dan what his opinion is, it's bound to be quite different!

 

Signing off for now... Dianne