Kitchen De-Construction

This "Was" my horrible kitchen, it is a mess even if it is clean it looks cluttered and gross. Let me point out the major problem areas.

1- The dishwasher on the left side is across from the sink so I always have a stream of water on my floor when I do the dishes.

2-The island goes at a slant so when you open the stove, bottom right corner, there is no path to walk through. It bottle necks.

3- 70's decor...need I say more! Western etched cabinet doors, green and peach polka dot wall paper, and dirty linolium.

4-You see all that junk in my cabinets to the left. Ya, there are no cabinet doors for those. There are sliding glass sheets that don't slide well. So frustrating to get a cup or bowl. I finally just took the glass out.

5-Very crampt and closed off from the rest of the room.

 The other side of our island is our diaginal green wall. Love the green, hate the slant.

 Jared and I decided to move the dishwasher over to be right next to our sink.

We had to cut the cabinets out and rewire the water and electrical lines for the dishwasher.

 We pulled up all the grungy linolium.

 Then we started taking down the wall that separated the kitchen from the rest of the living room.

 The drywall came down easier than expected.

 Then we took out the studs. It really opens it up doesn't it!

 We pulled up the counters and took off the brick backsplash. I liked the backsplash but we had to take it out to take out the counters.

 Jared is using his man tools to take the old faucet off of our sink. Not very professional but hey he got the job done. (In my living room on my nice rug, I was mad about that. He was getting plumbers goo stuff everywhere....arrrg!)

Finished Kitchen pictures to come....eventually.