On Monday the contractor told us that there was more flooring in the kitchen that has to come up. Turns out there was a thin layer of plywood covering some old linoleum. It took Dave and I an hour to get this much of the plywood up on Monday night. It was coming up in little tiny splinters and there were nails everywhere. Nails. So. Many. Nails.
We never would have gotten it all up without a lot of great help from Becky, Mia and Matt!
It really took us all week to get all the flooring up. Did I mention that They used approximately 1 million nails? No rhyme or reason, not in a straight line or anything, just a gazillion of them all over the place. And they don't just come out much of the time because they're rusty and the heads bend so we had to really work to get them all out.
See? The floor looks like Baby Swiss cheese!
We got most of the underlayment up on Saturday with the help of some nice toxic chemicals. There are a few really stubborn pieces we'll have to keep battling. Oh and there are a few more nails to get out. But there's enough done that the contractor can come in to run the water line and put up the last piece of new drywall.
In the meantime, the cabinets were delivered. I have no idea how they got his behemoth (the pantry in the middle) through the door! It's massive. And it's exciting to see them here.
We're learning to live in one room which means putting the laundry away as soon as it's washed and stuff like that. Maybe those habits will stick after the reno too? Yeah, probably not... When this is all done we'll be so happy to spread out and to eat at our dining room table and sit on a couch and be able to live a little more freely. For now, we're just looking at every day as an adventure.
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