New Kitchen

Rich worked his sexy ass off while we were in California, remodeling the kitchen of the house we own there. Here you can witness the stunning transformation (although I wish I had "before" pictures). The tile countertop was deteriorating so badly that it was caving in in places. The cabinets and drawers fell to the floor almost every time they were opened, and there appeared to be no sub-floor beneath the kitchen sink (it turned out there was...it was just covered so badly with a layer of "ick" that it was unidentifiable). Suffice it to say, it was beyond time for a new kitchen.

Removing the antique built-in oven
Smiling through the dust
Bucket-Head
"Helping"
The drywall was removed from about 5 feet down, all around the kitchen

The pipe where the cooktop used to be. The flooring in this area was particularly difficult, because the previous owners had layered pergo-type flooring over linoleum, over tile in some places, and it ended up being uneven and hard to cover.
Cutting plywood to bring up the level of the subfloor
Protected
New moisture-resistant sheetrock
Regular sheetrock
Trying out the cabinets

Assembling
Look at those expressions...
The cabinets going up


Brothers working together, with a little help
It's starting to look like a kitchen again



Countertops being put on
Mary, Kirk, Theresa, and Rich... all smiles
Cutting Countertop: A Dusty Job
A break??
Jim hooking up the plumbing
Measure twice, cut once
"I never thought I'd be thankful for the opportunity to do dishes!"
Checking out the heights
FINISHED!!