Big changes

Hey all,

We just made it a goal to update this blog at least once a week, which we hopefully will keep to, and then you all will know more about what is going on! Luckily, we've got some exciting news that is backlogged from the last few months, so that gives us a nice springboard from which to start.

Nate and I traveled to Torch Lake to visit my family in August, and we knew that we were going to be gone for at least a week, so we worked things out with the guy that does our flooring to have him come in an replace the floor in our kitchen while we were gone. This meant pulling EVERYTHING out in the meanwhile, so we were up late the night before we left pulling out all of the cabinets and moving the refrigerator into the dining room! As always, the short-cuts taken by the families that lived in our home before us prevented us from getting the demolition done in the time we were expecting. Here is an example where the board is attached with a few bent nails and some staples. Gross.

Luckily the shoddy construction means we got the chance to beat the living heck out of the old cabinets with a couple of hammers. Hard work and messy, but a cathartic experience after dealing with these sub-par cabinets for so long. Here is Nate, working working working to get everything done.

And here is the kitchen mid demo:

Luckily we were able to get everything done and out, and the new floor looks amazing. We also got some gently used cabinets that our friends, the Neale's, were replacing. With those installed everything is looking (and working) SO much better!

Success!

Love, Nate and Justine