And we're off!

After a long time waiting the first hammer was swung this past Monday at the Rock house! During this blog hiatus there have been many decisions and plans made that seem insignificant to most, but crucial to the project. For instance, picking out tile, shopping for lighting, ordering cabinets, etc seems premature but in reality these things have to be ordered and ready to go before the demolition starts. Ordering cabinetry is a fine art. My kitchen designer, Betsy Goldstein from Kitchens by Wedgewood led me through the process of choosing cabinets sizes, crown molding height, roll outs, and island design. All things I have never given much thought to as I putz around my own kitchen. 

Meanwhile, Rog and I have been tackling the basement ourselves. We had a drywall guy come in and re-texture the entire basement, add rounded corners, and repair some icky spots in the drywall. The lovely bathroom down there had popcorn ceiling AND walls that had been painted over, so it was quite an eyesore. We rented a paint sprayer and applied all the primer and painted the ceilings. It kinda scared us when the paint hit a light bulb and it blew up:) I wore my sweet green bandana on my head to keep the 'do clean, but Rog forged ahead without and ended up looking 80 years old at the end of the day. He blew white crap out of his nose for 24 hours. Who needs Dr Neilmed?
I have begun painting down there and hope to have it finished in December. 
Now...the good stuff. The upstairs flooring has been torn out, the wall is out and all the kitchen cabinets and appliance are gone!! If anyone needs a white electric stove, come and get it. Shout out to Bruce, Dave and Mike for all the hard work. A BIG dumpster out front is about half full after one day. It was so exciting to walk in and see how open and different it will be. Check out the in progress pictures:

Looking towards wall before. Notice the hardwood floor.

After; wall is gone! The kitchen was in a room by itself. All flooring was removed.

The is where the frig was...

Frig was on the wall that was removed. Cabinets are in the dumpster!

The soffit above all the cabinets has been removed so the new cabinets will go all the way to the ceiling.

My guy working in the basement. He looks so thrilled..
Our house has not sold which Rog says is a blessing cuz we would be living in the construction zone.  So true. This week will be spent ordering flooring and painting. Thank goodness for Pandora and some rockin stations that get me thru my private time with a paint roller! #crashtestdummies #Gloveandspecialsauce #Sublime