Our new home has a VERY small kitchen. Here's a floor plan so you can see what we are working with... The kitchen is in the upper right. It's a small space with an even smaller kitchenette area.
With five kids, it is impossible to eat in the eat-in kitchenette area. And with five kids, it is pretty tough to maneuver in the kitchen. It's a bit crazy. And there is NO counter space. Appliances alone take up most of the counters. I made a small homemade island out of an old changing table and slab of granite to give me a little working space. It has helped provide a little counter space, but it's small and makes the space even tighter.
So we are starting a kitchen reno...
Phase 1 - Begin removing the wall between the kitchen and the dining room and remove the sliding glass door and put in a single windowed door and an additional window. (See previous post)
I was hoping to get to use a sledge hammer to take out the wall... but according to the Handyman, that's only on TV. A sledgehammer would create a huge mess. So instead, we got to go at the wall with crowbars.
I managed to get one side of drywall off... and a hole in the other side. It's super think dry wall, so I wimped out. The Handyman has been working hard all day, it's late, he's calling it a night. I'm hoping the wall comes down tomorrow.
Phase 2 - Remove the hallway wall and put in a LARGE island (4'x8'). Hopefully this is coming soon. :)
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