#demoday

Five months and two days after closing on our little mountain house, it was time for (kitchen) demo day! For those of you who’ve been following along from the beginning, you know that this is the last room for us to tackle. We’ve accomplished a lot and now it’s time to finish things up!

Prior to doing demo, we got our basement and garage as organized as possible, since we will be assembling cabinets down there. For some Friday fun, we did go on and put together two of our four pantry cabinets. We Heffrons really know how to have a good time on a Friday night, don’t we?

Saturday morning, we woke up on fire and were ready to GO! This was the day we’ve been waiting for! We donned our cheesy #demoday t-shirts (clearly my idea, not Keith’s) and after a hearty breakfast we got to work.

We had gotten the kitchen island as organized as possible so we could have a functional kitchen for the time that we will be without wall cabinets.

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We covered everything with plastic tarps and got ready to get to work.

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Now for the fun! We did a time lapse video of the demo. It’s broken into two videos because we took a much needed lunch break as we were both ravenous!

You know I always have to include a random picture of Chloe in here. She was a trooper for all of the noise and mess we made yesterday. She spent a good portion of the day outside while we were going in and out in seemingly a thousand trips. She’s a good little construction dog!

In addition to the video, I took some “still” photographs to let you see how the progress went. I am sparing all of you the DEAD MICE that we found in the walls. I nearly had a heart attack when I realized I was sweeping up mouse carcasses. SO GROSS!

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One note on that top upper right picture. That was the dead space in the cabinets where there was a corner. I don’t know who designed this kitchen but whoever it is should be shot for wasting that much space in an already small kitchen! But enough of that. Here’s the “after” picture! All of the old kitchen is gone and the only thing which remains is our new island.

It was a lot of work but we are so happy to have it done. And in case you’re wondering how much I moved on Saturday, here you go!

I’m pretty certain we were in bed asleep by 9:30. We were exhausted! But very happy to have made such good progress. With the exception of the dead mice, we didn’t really find any unwelcome surprises, which is always a win.

This morning we woke up a little less on fire but not as sore as we thought we’d be. After a breakfast and Home Depot run, Keith got to work on the plumbing. Right now, we are using a utility sink ON THE FRONT PORCH for our kitchen sink. Yep, you read that right! And if you don’t believe me, here’s proof! 😉

We are keeping it classy, aren’t we? Ha! The plan is to move this in and connect it to hot and cold water and actually have it drain somewhere other than directly to the ground. Keith has about an hour more of plumbing work to do in order for that to happen. But he’s got our water line for our new fridge up and ready to go, since it’s arriving on Tuesday. I’m sure glad he knows how to do plumbing and electrical!

While Keith was working on the plumbing, I was busy doing a few other things. Besides the not so fun mopping to get up the drywall dust from yesterday, I finished up the first coat of paint on the deck. I still need to roll another coat on, but the first coat was put on with a paint brush to get into all of the nooks and crannies. I am so much happier with the gray rather than the old “barn red”. Like everything else about the house now, it’s lighter and fresher looking.

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The last project I worked on today was a quick one. We are going to have our dumpster removed this week, and there was just enough room in it to fit our front fence into it. It was rotted, falling apart and had moss growing on it. I’m not sure when we will replace it, but today was the day to demolish it. We left the posts for now just because we’ll use the holes when we replace it. But all of the fence boards were super easy for me and my sledge hammer to remove. It looks a little weird now but in the fairly near future we will build a fence with X’s to mimic what we have on the railings.

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Now, last but not least, I would LOVE ideas from all of you as to how to cover the well head that is currently covered with the GIANT fake rock. I cannot tell you how much I loathe that rock, but I can’t find any good ideas on Pinterest for how to cover a well head. And please don’t suggest building a fake wishing well. That’s just not my jam…. But if you have any good ideas, please send them my way!

We’ll see you next week! Until then have a safe and healthy week!