Under Construction and Busy at Work!

This is the way the kitchen looks now! Two new windows, gutted to the studs.

Bucky sat in the kitchen the other night worrying we would move his food again, he likes things to stay one way and did not like all the noise!

Joe and Bucky after the demo was done on Tuesday night. "High Fives!"

I just wanted one picture with Bucky, do you think he would just sit still? No! Had to give him a little head lock and "insist" on stay!

This was before the tear out and moving the back door.

Another before picture, the sink and drain board were vintage and gone in about a minute when put out to the curb, talk about heavy and awkward!

This last week seems to be a blur. I started my day getting up at 3:10AM during the week, we are busy at work, which really is a blessing. The work is going well, it just seems you have to get up and be in before customers can call and chat, this means I actually get machine time before people know I am in. SHHHHHHHHH!

This week Joe and I took the kitchen apart. The house we bought last year is over 100 years old, and had no counter tops to speak of. We knew when we moved in that we wanted to change many of the features of this house. Little by little Joe mostly has been changing and making this house great! So far we have two new bathrooms, a different location for the stairs to the basement, updated laundry and a much brighter basement, a finished entry room, an updated bedroom without holes in the wall, and lots of other huge improvements! The kitchen has been next on the radar for a while. Joe has been building the cabinets in the garage for at least the last month in between his own work, and if I do say so, they are beautiful, and better than I would have ever hoped for.

Tomorrow we are taking a break from remodeling and heading to the second in the Illinois CX race series and will be in Metamora, IL for the Black Partridge Open. I am very excited as this is the first time we have raced here!