AAH!

The kitchen project has been much more time consuming than and difficult than I thought. My SO works nights and I work days, so it has been difficult to really move forward like we wanted to. It is slowly coming together, and its going to have to because we are moving in....GULP......NEXT FRIDAY!  We are nervous about these time constraints and we thought we had more time (isn't that always the case?).

So far, we have replaced two more cabinets. Both we didn't realize until later that one had a gaping hole in the middle, and the other had so many drill holes underneath, that the new range hood would NEVER attach correctly.

Remember the big, gaping holes behind the backsplashes?

The hole in the wall led to nowhere, so it couldn't successfully be patched if I wanted to hang tile to the wall. Luckily, there were studs present and we were able to improvise.

We bought a small sheet of drywall ($4.50), drywall joint tape ($6), and a big tub of spackle ($6) My SO had to cut out the plaster to form a more solid shape for the drywall to fit in. He did this and then used the tape measure and box cutter to cut out the right size from the dry wall.

He then fit the new piece of drywall into the hole and screwed it to the stud. He put the drywall joint tape at the joints and then spackled it.

After this, he used a wet sanding sponge and lightly sanded it to even it out and make it flush with the rest of the wall. Now, the big gaping holes are gone!

If you have any questions on how we did this, please let me know.

And the winner is...

...the Kitchen! 

This is before. It is the only picture I really got before my SO began ripping everything apart.

This is a large project and it would not have been my first, but my significant other (SO) decided this without thoughts. We went over to clean and as he was cleaning the kitchen, he began tearing stuff apart. He ripped up the floor, took out an old, rotted cabinet and ripped the backsplash off the wall.

So.... it looks like we don't have a choice. This is where we will begin. UGH!

I am going to:

1.  Replace two cabinets ($$) and then use Rustoleum's Cabinet Transformations ($) on all cabinets. Also replace the knobs and drawer pulls.

2. Replace flooring with vinyl plank flooring ($)

3. Patch up walls, paint, and do the new backsplash (I am not sure what direction I am headed in here).

4. Although I wanted NEW countertops, it is not in our budget, so I am going to paint them to look like granite, based on something I found on Pinterest ($).

Where my SO pulled off the backsplashes.

The ripped apart floor.

Close up of the ripped off backsplashes.

The cabinet under the sink is no longer there. It was dryrotted and smelled and could not be salvaged.

I am a little nervous about all this, probably considering that I am putting all resources towards the kitchen rather than the bathrooms like I had wanted.


Do I have my work cut out for me or what?!