Well we are moving along in our kitchen renovation! The guy that is painting our cabinets is starting this weekend so we have been kicking it into high gear getting everything prepped and ready. First step in the process was to fill all the holes in the walls and sand those down.
This doesn’t really have anything to do with the cabinets but I didn’t want to have to sand the walls down after our cabinets were freshly painted.
Next was taking off all the base board and shoe molding. This is where we encountered a problem. Sort of.
We saw that under the linoleum and sub floor there was another layer of sub floor and linoleum. Which is an issue because of the new floors we ordered. We ordered about 500 sq feet of cork flooring that we got on sale at Lumber Liquidators last weekend. With the flooring and the underlayment it will be about another half inch to an inch on top of the current floor. This means that the dining area in the kitchen that leads to the sunroom will have a big height difference. We are fine with a small difference that a transition piece can cover but this would be a pretty big height difference. We also have to take into consideration the height of the hallway floors that are also getting the new cork flooring. So, were not sure if we should try to rip up the first layer of linoleum and sub floor or if that will be a big mistake…as in not an easy quick project.
We also had to patch up the spot where we took the cabinet down with a small piece of drywall. We still have to add the outside corner pieces and mud and sand that down.
Then we have this strange situation. It’s the cabinet that houses the microwave. It has always bugged me because it’s the only cabinet that is not the same height as all the others. I feel like it breaks up the counters since it comes down all the way. So our plan here is to take this cabinet out and basically build a new one that will house a new microwave that just sits higher up and will be the same as all the other cabinets.
Plus not to mention I have to empty out all our cabinets and we will essentially be without a kitchen for a week. I am seeing lots of take out in our near future.
