Yesterday I posted pictures of the outside of our project house. Today I will bring you inside to the kitchen area. The kitchen was small and....disgusting, a true hazard. When we walked through Mrs. K told us that another potential buyer had inspected the attic and found it to be surprisingly sturdy. We took her word for it.
Who knows what kinds of wildlife had made the kitchen their home. We surely couldn't tell.
I believe blue cabinets are making a comeback, but at the time they just look dated, not to mention condemned!
We gutted it ALL. The window opening became an exterior door to our porch.
This lovely brown sink was thrown away. If I had been more aware of it at the time I may have kept the horse head. As it is it went the way of the dumpster. Notice the sink draining into the ever useful pink bucket.
A good cleaning was not going to be good enough...
Vintage stove, not yet vintage enough to be worth salvaging.
We put a giant fridge in it's place.
Beautiful peel and stick vinyl flooring...or what was left of it. We replaced it with narrow hardwoods that matched the original 1950's flooring.
See that door? It led to the weirdly added on rec room. You had to step down into it.
During...EVERYthing gone, walls opened, what an adventure!! Are you impressed that we had no floors??
AFTER!!!
That island built from a bowling lane. Thank you Rose Bowl. See the door to the porch? No more window.
Another view of our living/dining/kitchen. Pictured here is the old 'utility room' with it's newly raised foundation. Don't you love the pot lights? The crown moulding was a Valentines Day present to me one year.
I think it was quite an improvement!
Have I mentioned that Josh did it all! I designed and he executed. We hired a few guys to help, but he ran the new wiring, did all the framing, hung new cabinets, installed the fireplace, on and on and on...
Hope you enjoy seeing this little bit of our housing history.
and that's not all!!
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