| The
Kitchen This room will see the greatest change! | then
. . .  Our first Easter in the new house. We boiled the eggs in an electric skillet (yes it can be done!). | now
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Abby doing her schoolwork at the dining room table. |
This
winter we plan to put in broken ceramic tile on the |  We now have a HUGE walk in pantry. This space holds the big freezer. Chuck designed shelves to hold everything we need. Plus space for the vacuum, brooms, mops and all! |
 The dining room area with the new flooring in place. We added the north door which opens to the dog yard, and latter added the window for more natural light. | The dining
area of the kitchen - as it now looks - when you stand in "kitchen"
area. It is open and airy and bright.  This is one of the most used spaces in the house. We all love it!! |
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 Late April - We had to remove the dining room floor because of damage done by old floor coverings which made in impossible to sand and refinish. This gave us a chance to level it and put more supports in. |  They then put in a new sub-floor before laying a laminate floor that will be easier to upkeep then wood in a dining area. |
 this would become a built in sideboard in the dining room section of the the kitchen. Chuck has already got the paneling up that will make the rear wall. |  The paneling is up, as are the upper cabinets and wine rack for the sideboard. Matt is working on setting the lower ones. (Never let it be said he doesn't really get into his work!) |
Since
there will be no addition to the north side of the house we decided to add a door that will open onto a deck and into the dog's yard.  Sara Berks is busy shoveling trash - an unending job whenever you want to do anything outdoors. | The
new north door  It still has issues with "level" but then most everything in the house has issues with level. We love the light it brings into the kitchen! | from
the outside. |
 after 3 long days work the vent and upper cabinets by the stove are up. Venting the hood to the outside turned into quite a job, but Chuck and Davin stuck with it till they got it done! |  holes in the kitchen floor that had to be cut to remove the damaged plumbing that went to the old kitchen sink. |
 end of March - the dining room section of the kitchen is now sheet rocked. We have left part of the original chimney showing. | end
of March - back half of the kitchen, a big hole was opened in the floor to get to the broken pipes. Gail & Sara did not trust the plywood the guys put down so so we now have a "ramp".  The cabinets were delivered the Wednesday, after we arrived. They are now "stored" all over the house as we work in the kitchen. They are a soft ivory white but have a protective blue film on them that peals off. You should have seen Gail's face when we un-boxed the first one!! |
 The front section of the "old kitchen". The frost "ghost door" showing on the wall allowed access to a mobile home years ago. It was never insulated or finished on the outside. It is easy to locate as it has light leaking under it during the day. | The
old kitchen The old kitchen was split in two sections by a wall of cabinets and a doorway. So you looked through a window over the sink into the other section of the room. |  The back section of the kitchen looking out the backdoor. |
These
are the old wall of cabinets. You looked into the other section of the kitchen though the window over the sink.  |  the kitchen with the original cabinets torn out |  water heater will move to the bathroom |
