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And so it begins....

7 years ago

Arrived at the lake house tonight and it sure looks different!

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numbersjunkie
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7 years ago

Before we left to head home on Thursday, they had the old pantry and laundry room opened up and the new walls marked off - we're stealing space from the old spaces for our refrigerator and tall pantry cabinet to be recessed there. We are planning converging pocket doors for the hallway opening to the alcove where the new stacked W/D will be - that should be huge improvement compared to the bifold doors that opened into the hallway before. And we will still have a decent sized pantry area that can be locked and serve as an "owners closet" when we have renters.

We rushed home on Thursday night to be here for delivery of the new IKEA cabinets on Friday. It was a cold and rainy day, so we just had them quickly load everything into our trailer. Today DH unloaded it all so we could inventory, and then repacked it for the trip back to our vacation home next weekend. IKEA had the order exactly right!

We still have quite a bit to do before we are ready to start installing, so once we get there we will check for any damaged components. But it's great to know things are progressing!

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cluelessincolorado
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
WOW!!! It looks like a movie set with the ceiling in place
mgmum
7 years ago
It'll be fun watching the progress.
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numbersjunkie
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7 years ago
It's so nice to have that old ugly, dysfunctional kitchen gone! The ceiling in the living areas was removed because it was covered with stipple that formed nice long spikes! The kitchen ceiling was smooth but is coming out anyway to allow for recessed lighting install.

Of course when you go down to the studs and rafters, you're bound to find a few things that will add time and expense. One such problem was the trusses over the living room which were not a solid piece, but joined in the center. They are clearly sagging, which may be why the folks that built the house added the stipple to cover up the sag line. We have to figure out how to fix that. And the hump in the kitchen floor appears to be from a steel column in the basement below that was a little too high. That needs to be addressed as well because we are putting in glue down LVP which is not at all forgiving!
CEFreeman_GW DC/MD Burbs 7b/8a
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Good to find all that now, right!?

I look forward to this project. Great space!
Cheryl Hewitt
7 years ago
Whoohoo! I hope you take us along for the ride. :)

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