Yesterday, I told you about about my first house, and the start of our low-budget kitchen renovations. Our first project was to replace the ugly kitchen lighting with a few sleek recessed canister lights. Our next project was to knock out the hanging cabinet that seperated the kitchen from the dining area.
Before~
I wish I could still find the pictures of us tearing the cabinets down. We very foolishly thought this would be an easy project. We started with a rubber mallet trying to just slowly knock each board apart. I can remember the first few taps of the mallet. No luck. Slowly, we started hitting harder and harder. Still, no luck. Finally, I stepped back and let him just whale on it. All we could hear was the sound of the revurberation of the unwaivering wood. We ended up using a reciprocating saw to essentially cut the cabinet from the ceiling.
It left a hole in the overhang, which you can see above. We drywalled in the open space and added trim to finish.
After~
Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures. These were taken long before I really even knew what a blog was.
Check back tomorrow for the before and after of the cabinet refacing and then later this week for the before and after of the appliance upgrade!
Before~
I wish I could still find the pictures of us tearing the cabinets down. We very foolishly thought this would be an easy project. We started with a rubber mallet trying to just slowly knock each board apart. I can remember the first few taps of the mallet. No luck. Slowly, we started hitting harder and harder. Still, no luck. Finally, I stepped back and let him just whale on it. All we could hear was the sound of the revurberation of the unwaivering wood. We ended up using a reciprocating saw to essentially cut the cabinet from the ceiling.
It left a hole in the overhang, which you can see above. We drywalled in the open space and added trim to finish.
After~
Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures. These were taken long before I really even knew what a blog was.
Check back tomorrow for the before and after of the cabinet refacing and then later this week for the before and after of the appliance upgrade!
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