kitchen renovation part deux

my brain is fried... also, i couldn't pick up the computer with one hand this morning because my thumb is so tired from painting.... but much progress was made this weekend so it is all worth it...

first, we had to finish the demo... because of the nightmare of grossness we found behind the cabinets we decided to rip out and replace all of the drywall:

please note my amazing little brother, Nick, who had just gotten back from a mission trip in Haiti the day before, working like a beast... also note peter supervising from the living room lol... during this final bit of kitchen demo we found this little gem:

i think it is a final message from speedy gonzales. 

remember this ridiculous wall paper situation:

well i lost that battle, but i won the war!!!! that's right wallpaper, don't mess me because i am not above just ripping down all of the drywall:

 BAM! wallpaper problem solved... kind of... "peter would you mind fixing this wall now please?" "of course my love, no problem!" .... that's exactly how that conversation went... poor guy... but now we have this amazing new wall and a primed chair rail (it will be white next week!):

wahoo!!

ok, next we had to deal with "the beast" (i named the nasty old dishwasher)... we had not been able to remove it because it was hardwired into the wall (apparently they all are, i did not know this and couldn't understand why they didn't just plug it in) and peter needed to find the main power shut-off in order to undo it (and not die in the process)...

but surprise! we don't have a main shut off for the power so we finally just shut off all of the breakers (none of which are labeled, go figure) and released the beast!

hurray... next we waved our wand, said "REPAIRO!" and this happened:

 what an awesome husband i have... while he was doing that i was painting painting painting... because the previous owners decided that varnish was the new black, i had to use an oil-based primer on EVERYTHING:

hence the pooped out hand... but there is nothing that makes you feel accomplished like paint, its instant gratification.... our original plan was to remove the wall between the two living rooms, but peter is feeling a bit overwhelmed to we are going to temporarily put that on the shelf and focus on things like places to eat, bathe, and sleep... priorities and all that...

i may have gotten a bit excited during the painting process and did this:

yup thats paint on the wood beams.. oops...  

so this week while peter is working my jobs are: cleaning, painting the cabinets, sanding and painting the kitchen walls, and ripping out the carpet in the foyer (that last one is purely for my own gratification)... so get ready ugly old house, we are gaining momentum...