Wow! That is great progress in two weeks. You must be thrilled! Keep us posted.

MamaPaige- That is so impressive! How exciting to be getting the old stuff torn out and the new windows and doors installed :)

Looking forward to seeing your progress and I know your kitchen is going to be beautiful!

Hi Mamadadapaige,

Somehow I missed your progress update from earlier this week. How exiting to see the reno in progress. We can't wait to see it all come together. Best wishes for the project!

It is so cool to see your project at the pre-demo and then demo state. We will probably be starting demo in about 3 weeks. I am in the "emptying cupboards" stage. Still haven't figured out where to set up temporary kitchen. Probably basement. Laundry should be interesting....probably sneak into my Mom's house about a mile away...thanks for the photos. Keep 'em coming!

Thank you all for the support! it is all going really well. The electrical inspector stopped by tonight at 7 pm to sign off on the rough electrical. rough plumbing is done, waiting on inspector. Venting the sinks and washing machine in an 1850's house has been interesting but I went into it knowing this would be the most dicey part. We managed it without too much heartache (or should I say heartburn!).

notlazysusan, i ended up setting up in the dining room (just on the other side of the white door seen in the pictures)... it was the closest place to haul the refrigerator. moving the fridge in was not easy - we did this during a heatwave and tackled it ourselves to spare my contractor and make things go a little smoother for him on the first day of demo. we had to remove the handles from the fridge to fit it through the doorway and we put a nice big scratch on the hardwood floors in the dining room but the rug will cover it.

So far we are up to $154 on wash and fold laundry - we started 3 weeks ago today. i thought it would be worse. we are really trying!! (but I draw the line during the heatwaves we've had!!).

I don't really have any scintillating pictures to share but will post when I do. thank you!

mamadadapaige, I have been following your posts and so excited for you that you have started your plan !! I look forward to seeing your posts as you progress. do you have an idea how long it will take to complete.

what part of the country are you in?

TG for the good weather!

Best to you!!!

Hi Mamadadpaige,

I hope that all is continuing to go well for your renovation.
Can't wait to see how your beautiful kitchen it is coming along.

Hi!
I somehow missed this post. Glad to hear it's going well and can't wait to see more pictures!

Hi mamadadapaige -- hope all is going well with your renovation!

Hi mamadadapaige...hopefully with school back in session now...or soon ... you will be able to post an update...we are all waiting patiently! Hope all is going well!

beachpea

Hi y'all,
I will post some pics. It still isn't done! There have been little periods of it dragging on... The rough electrical and plumbing took so long - such an old house and it was difficult for the plumber to get the sinks vented (without dropping the ceilings another 3"... had to drop them to accomodate a beam).

The floors are finished - countertops are coming on Thursday. Faucets arrived today. Painting will start in a week. I had wished that I got a modernaire hood but had ordered the wood hood and insert and already owned them so I took the wood hood to a sheet metal fabricator and am having them do a faux modernaire hood for me. have never attempted anything like this and think its a little dicey - but what the heck - gotta live on the edge, right? haha

will post pics soon

This is my recessed pantry. I love it ... the barn door goes to the basement. it was previously a swing into the space door so this is a huge improvement. I will post a before pic of this wall.

Here is that wall before

The doorway into the back stairwell area before was very narrow. By putting in the beam we were able to eliminate that load bearing wall entirely... makes a big difference.

The walls in the photo above will be painted a soft gray.

Here's a pic of the hood that will be modern(aire)ized. I had the guys put it up to make sure it was going to fit, etc. then they took it down and I took it to Medford for a make over. We'll see... not sure what is in my head is what I'll end up with.

Again, the wall boards will be painted. I like the look of them natural as well but my intent for the look is a little different than this.

Here are the red cabinets and walnut countertops in my butler's pantry. Also pictured is a sample of the wallpaper I am putting up in here. It is by Harlequin and the red branch is a spot on match to the red in the cabinets.

Looks great!
Are your cabs inset?

thanks maggiebkit.
yes, they are inset but i omitted the rail between the drawers so that I could have a little bit more interior space inside my drawers. The 3 drawer banks on either side of the range have 3 equal sized drawers (rather than shallow, deep, deep) because I wanted the top drawer to the left of the range to have a 2 tier cutlery divider. When you open the drawer it looks like a normal cutlery divider drawer but if you push the drawer forward, there is a section below lined with pacific cloth and with little slots for my sterling silver. I have never had easy access to my sterling and therefore haven't used it much even though it is the most beautiful pattern I could imagine. It will be really nice having it handy.

The 3 equal sized drawers will be nice I think as I am not sure I really needed the extra height for my colanders and tupperware, bread, etc. that are going in these other drawers.

Across the aisle in my peninsula I have a 3 drawer bank with the top drawer being shallow for utensils and the two below it being deeper for my pots and pans.

Wow! Your kitchen is going to be beautiful! That red is such a great surprise, and I love the tongue and groove behind the cabinets. Can't wait to see more!!

Wow! Looking great. Is that fabric for a bench?

It's gonna be GAWJUS.

thank you lake girl. a2gemini, that is the wallpaper - it is going just in the butler's pantry and there is very little wall space in there so not much of it so I felt i could go a little jazzier with the pattern. it was expensive - came from England - but i only needed two single rolls so it was okay.

mjsee - that is a new one for me? what does it mean?

mjsee, oops, i get it - Boston version of gorgeous, right?