Renovations - Phase One (02 - 19 February 2006)

Well, the real work officially begins. Literally. The house was in no shape, as I was stuck having to clean up the multitude of junk from the previous owners. So I rented a disposal bin, which really sped things up. With the help of family and friends, we cleaned up the mess, as well as gutted the kitchen in about 4 hours! I'm thinking this might be a good candiate episode for one of those shows on The Learning Channel. Having said this, there is a simple pleasure to aimlessly banging away and ripping stuff out of place.
I also locked down the kitchen today, so that leaves 6 - 8 weeks to have everything in order before it's installed. I think it will go well with the fridge and stove too!
I cut into the outside kitchen walls which came out nice. I'm also going to pull out the basement ceilings, which will help during phase 2 (electrical and plumbing). They're crap anyway.
At any rate, photos below. The first few document the mess, and the rest show the demolition of the kitchen.