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Demolition of the old kitchen

Tearing out the old kitchen turned out to be a bit of a bigger job than even we anticipated. Once we got the old cabinets down, we found out that a large section of the old lath and plaster wall was in just too bad shape to keep.  Down came the ceiling and two full walls.  That meant the dumpster we had ordered was undersized as well.  The dumpster was not the only thing undersized for this job.  I about broke my spirit on this one.   Just too soon after the marathon third floor bathroom epic. Thank goodness one of Anna's sons came by and made me watch while he ripped out tons of cabinets and plaster.  

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C		A & C. The walls were in really bad shape so on the advice of our "wall guy" we ripped out several walls and the ceiling.    B. To tie in the old and new walls, we had to remove any old wall paper so a skim coat could be used.  The results were terrific.

There was a glitch that caused our new cabinets to arrive several weeks ahead of our demolition completion.  That meant taking out the cars and giving up our entire garage for cabinet storage.  Naturally, it rained buckets shortly after they arrived, so I could worry all night about the new cabinets getting soaked.  

	The driver of the tractor trailer called ahead and asked us to block off the street next to the house.  We put our two cars out on the road, but it turned out the truck arrived during the day, so everyone was off to work....except us of course.
	There goes the garage.  It was full before, but the addition of the cabinets left zip room for either compact car.  This turned out to be a great place for the installers to work.

Installation next (coming shortly)

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