We immediately started working on a few projects before moving in next weekend. One was tackling the kitchen. All in all, it isn't a bad kitchen. Its actually pretty large with many cabinets. It does have yellow walls and an ugly fruit border. That has to come down, pronto!
I headed to the local Home Depot and rented a wallpaper steamer to remove the border. They gave me this primitive-looking weapon. I eyed the guy and asked "what is THIS for?" He just rolled his eyes and said, "Thats for scoring the wallpaper. It makes it easier to take down." Really? Ive taken a LOT of wallpaper down in my lifetime and I have never seen something like this before. Have you???
I decided to try it and see if it worked. At first, I was unsure and used it very lightly. I just didnt want to waste my time spackling little holes all over the walls. You know what I mean? In the end, it made it so MUCH easier taking down the pesky border!
The next project I had was taking down the obnoxious breakfast bar. It just took up too much valuable space and we just simply don't like it. So, that meant DEMO TIME!
I couldn't find my cordless drill (go figure) and used Paul's instead. His drill was very weak and took forever to charge. So, I decided to take this bar apart by hand. Oh boy... took forever and my fingers screamed the whole time. The bar was bolted into the floor and it took a lot of effort to unscrew the bolts out. When taking off the sides from the "leg," I discovered that they actually cut into the floor to built this darn thing. What a disappointment!
When I finally torn it all out, you can see how much space we gained! I have many cute ideas of what to do with this cute little niche. That will come later. Anyway, as you can see, I need to spackle and fix a few holes in the wall. Im disappointed about the hole in the floor. I dont understand why they needed to cut into it. I plan on either matching the wood pieces of the parquet floor OR cutting a small piece of plywood to fit into the hole and covering it up with a rug. This will only be a temporary fix until I replace the entire floor in a few years.
While I was doing demo, the delivery guys arrived with my beautiful new fridge!! Its so nice being able to open the doors and actually have the lights turn on. Our current fridge in the apartment doesnt have a light inside, so I have to dig around in it and hope I come up with the right item. Ha!
Isn't it a beauty?
