Can't Judge a House by its Cupboards

When we first began to fix up the kitchen we thought that it wouldn't be too drastic of a change, take out the island, fix the rotten corner, fix the floor, paint and all would be well. Hey ok for all you seasoned Housebloggers quit laughing...the mushroom effect has taken hold and is growing rampantly. So far we have ripped out the island, http://wilsonfamilyhomestead.blogspot.com/2007/01/hi-ho-hi-ho-it-is-off-to-house-we-go.html. Then removed the corner wall and a section of countertop to get at the rotten piece.

Realizing more needed to be done to get at the rotten piece we removed a section of the cupboards and the sink.

Next came the floors. There was vinyl flooring, press board underlay, tiles and linoleum and then boards which we believe is the subfloor. No hardwood treasure under here! Just hard work getting all those layers and all the nails that went with those layers up off the floor.

Behind me in this picture you can see a little room called the pantry. I am not sure why it is called the pantry because it is really too small for a pantry. I have been told that it had been used for a ringer washer and later a small spinner washer but the room is really too small for that too but since the Wilsons who built this piece (Willard & Sarah) aren't around to ask what their intentions for that room were we call it the pantry. Not to be confused with the old pantry that was part of the older portion of the house. But I digress, the reason I am bringing up the little room called the pantry is the tearing apart we did in that room. I am really beginning to like tearing things apart! We tore down the walls, ceiling and the floor. I don't have any pictures of this part Well actually Clarke was trying to take up the floor when his crow bar went through the floor, so hence Clarke and Stephen had to put in new beams and a floor. It had a little bit of insulation but it was looking in not the best of shape, so we ripped that out and put in new. Similar situation happened when they removed the ceiling and discovered that the floor and beams of the bathroom above was rotten and needed to be repaired. So the little kitchen project is getting to be a large kitchen project.

And the demolition has only just began.........the saga continues, stay tuned.

Nancy