
So I guess I haven't had enough remodeling for one year so I decided to tear into my mom and Dads kitchen. Actually we saved our old kitchen cabnets for their kitchen since they were lots better than what they had. I wish I had gotten a photo before we tore them out but I forgot. Here is how it looks after tearing out the old cabnets.

I thought the wallpaper was going to come off so easily but it is the worst wallpaper I have ever stripped! I scored it, soaked it and it peels off in tiny little strips! Ugh!!! I still have one wall left to do tomorrow. Shoot me if I ever wallpaper again (yes, I am the one who put this paper up about 10 years ago when I fixed up thier kitchen the last time.) My mom is having a hard time parting with this wall paper, she just kept telling me how much she loves it. But I had to keep reminding her that it won't match now.

Logan and I make a good team. We sheet rocked, Plastered, and put in new subfloor in an area that was rotted out.


This is the wall where there oven was. It was little, and very old. I want put lower cabnets where this counter is but Dad and Mom vetoed it. They like eating there, "they don't want to have to go clear over to the table all the time." It is maybe five steps over to their table and they would have so much more storage! Oh well... funny parents! I am putting upper cabnets there though.


I so wish that I had sent Mom & Dad to visit one of my brothers or sisters for a week. They have about driven us nuts!!! While we are trying to work Dad is dragging out pictures for us to see and things like that. He would come in and say, "Now you kids come here and take a break and have an ice cream bar, I've got some pictures to show you." or telling us stories while we are trying to drill. We didn't want to seem rude so we kept having to stop drilling or what ever so that we could here him. Mom kept trying to sweep up after us right while we were in the middle of things. She wants to help so I let her peel wall paper in one place until I could tell that she was tired, Then I would say, "Mom, why don't you rest for awhile?" and she would answer, "Are you going to?" and unless I would then she didn't want to either! It is rather hard to accomplish much with them there. I think it is really hard to have us destroying their house. They loved what I did to it ten years ago and I don't think they realized how worn out it is. I hope they will love it when we are finished but I think right now they lack the vision!
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