Remodeling Part Two

Round two of remodeling started mid June. We realized that if we wanted to finish the pantry and laundry room, meaning putting new tile down on the floor we would have to start on the kitchen remodel because we would have to start tiling in there. So first thing on the do list was remove the wall between the pantry and kitchen. Then we removed the side cabinets and put them in the pantry area. The girls and I then went on vacation and left Mike to rebuild the wall and he did a very good job!

Mike taking down the wall

Wall free looking into the kitchen from the pantry.

The lovely wall paper we found behind the cabinets we removed.

Making another trip to Lowe's

After returning from our vacation to Spokane we started on the floor. Everything we read told us to remove the cement board from the floor with the tile still on it. So Mike tried to remove the cement board, and he tried and he tried. He then became very frustrated and decided that we need a large hole in the floor. After calming him down I told him there was probably a better way and maybe we should try just removing the tile from the cement board. We had success with removing the tile and spent the next three weeks chiseling the tile from the floor, patching the holes that were made in the cement board and sanding the floor. It was a lot of work but we now have a beautiful new tile floor!

Chiseling the tile from the floor. If you look to the left of the door you see a piece of plywood that is covering up the hole Mike made in the floor.

About half way done with the floor.

Finished removing the tile, now time to fill in the holes in the cement board.

Removing the rest of the cabinets and starting work on the plumbing and electrical.

Also we ordered our cabinets, decided/ordered and received our tile, picked out and ordered our granite. It was neat we went to a granite yard and were able to see the big slabs of granite and pick out the one we wanted. And lastly we bought a new fridge, one that will fit in our kitchen. Its been a busy couple of months and we hope to get the walls, electrical, plumbing and tile done before Mike has to leave for 10 days for annual training with the National Guard.