Day 48 - No kitchen

Well, they were supposed to come on Tuesday. They didn't.

Wednesday came and went, and we were disappointed.

Thursday...we thought we heard something in the morning like a car door slam, but it was only the grounds keeper across the street at the school. I swear Andi and I have been like little kids waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. For the most part we have still been using the kitchen. After all, they only took the cabinets hanging up, we could still use the counter tops to set stuff on and even prepare.

Friday, as a family we planned on going to German Fest. So, Andi and the boys were going to take me to work with the intention of picking me up and heading to the big German party. About the time Andi got home, I got a call at work.

"They're here."
"Really?" I asked apprehensively, because I wouldn't put it past her to yank my chain.
"Ya, there's three trucks here, we couldn't park. J.J. (demolition guy) said it's going to be a whole day of work. Kevin said they're going to put in the door too.(big loud noise interrupts the phone and i can't hear her)
"What was that, I couldn't hear you."
"That was a big sawzall. They're cutting out the wall. They've already cut the window out. I have to go buy a door knob."
"You're right, we don't have one."
"I'm going to finish feeding the boys, and then we're going to Home Depot to get a door knob. Then we're getting out of here. I think we're going to the zoo."

Just like that, we officially have absolutely no kitchen. We have a fridge because they couldn't fit it through the doorway, but everything else is gone. We don't know when they'll be back, nor what will be done next time. But, if they decide to put a door in, at least we'll have door knob. I just hope it's not like when we built the garage and one day four Russians showed up and build it in a day.













This is where our new back door is going to be. The sink used to be on the left in the corner, the dishwasher was right there and the fridge was just to the right.









This is looking out the old window into the new kitchen. The fridge will actually be sitting just a few inches to the left of where it is now. Where the two new windows are is where our eating area will be.









This is looking into the old kitchen from the new. The doorway you see there leads from the side door. That whole area will be walled off, with a pocket door to create a mud room off of the new back door.










One of the things that makes the kitchen seem so much larger is that they tore down the soffits that were running along the perimeter. It looks a lot bigger with them gone.









This we post for posterity. As you can see, when they ripped out the old cabinets, the originally linoleum was able to make an appearance into this new century. I can only imagine our house with this floor and the green siding. It must have been the toast of the town.