One more thing...

I forgot to mention it, but the idea of the pantry with the red screen door (see a previous post)  is probably not going to be a reality after all. Once we removed the fireplace surround, and the bead board behind it.....and some of the other stuff connected to the fireplace, it looked pretty good...at least to us, so we've decided to leave the fireplace open to expose the stone on the front and sides. Instead of an enclosed pantry with a screen door, Jim is going to build the wall I mentioned in the previous post and we'll slide some type of storage cabinet into that little cubby space....at least that's the plan until something else changes our minds!

                                                                                SO....




Red screen door pantry....out.

                                                      

                                                                                                                                                    

Red cabinet slid into cubby space....in.

Sunnybrook --- 3 days in a row!

I FINALLY got to Sunnybrook!  Actually, I was there Saturday, Sunday and today (Monday)!  Saturday we got there too late to actually get any work done; however, Sunday we were able to get the kitchen ceiling totally torn out and the mess cleaned up. The kitchen demolition is complete!

I guess the next step will be leveling the ceiling, insulating and then putting bead board up.  Next we'll be ready for insulation in the walls, followed by drywall and bead board. I'm getting excited...to say the least!

We got a very good picture of the kitchen fireplace.  Jim will build a wall on the left side of the fireplace, which will separate the kitchen and dining room. This will give us more room for some type of a storage cabinet.

At some point, hopefully not to far in the future, we'll refinish the kitchen floor and then we can start putting in the appliances and the cabinets....making it look like a real kitchen!

We also made plans today for a new bathroom that will be going in upstairs, over top of the kitchen. Below is a picture of that room. More to come when that actually takes place, not in the too near future though.  My clawfoot tub will probably be catacornered here.  Plumbing....yuck!