Starting on the kitchen

11Aug08

kitchen from Creede on Vimeo.
We have been in our house for almost 6 months now, so it’s inevitable that I finally got some demo work done. My wife was out of town for the week and had no idea what I was up to. The whole thing was very inexpensive, less than $200. It took me about a week working on it when I got home from my 9 - 5, and on the weekend. The worst part was really all the cleaning. I swear I spent as much time cleaning up my mess as I did making it. The video shows the progress as I knock down two walls, move the electrical, add some new lighting and start putting it all back together. This is the first phase in our kitchen remodel.

Tags: kitchen, lighting

Comments

8 Responses to “Starting on the kitchen”

April on August 11th, 2008 9:52 am

Holy Cow!!! I’m impressed.
liam. on August 11th, 2008 11:23 am

lookin’ good!
Chantelle on August 11th, 2008 11:05 pm

Wow! Did you consult with anyone before you started? we’ve been in our house for nearly a year and desperately want to knock out a wall to extend the kitchen but I’m afraid we’ll somehow wreck the house by knocking down a load bearing wall… any advice to get us started?
Matt on August 12th, 2008 4:43 am

Looks great!
By the way, who is the song by?
Creede on August 13th, 2008 6:34 am

Chantelle, We didn’t consult with anyone. Our walls weren’t load bearing. In our old house we tore down a load bearing wall and there was a local structural engineer that gave free advice. I called and he spec’d the beam size we needed to carry the load.

The song is Aguas de Março (Joga Bossa) by Smoke City.
da on August 15th, 2008 12:28 pm

loved the video creede and the music.
julielion on August 18th, 2008 6:18 am

I recall a previous post where you started some other big project while your wife was out of town. I can’t wait to see the progress on the kitchen -
The Scribe of Notting Hill on October 9th, 2008 5:37 am

I’m full of respect!

My wife and I are in the process of remodelling our kitchen using original 50s units made from aluminium left over after WWII (originally it was destined to be Spitfire nose cones - honest!).

It’s adventurous, it’s going slowly and I’m blogging the whole thing at EnglishRose Kitchen. If we get it right though, it is going to be a very cheap solution because each unit is costing in the region of $30..$40.