\nIn preparation for hiring an electrician to get the wiring up to code, we spent the weekend tearing down the drywall on the two walls where we plan to put the new base cabinets and counters.\n<\/p>\n
Before: January 9, 2006<\/h4>\n
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After: June 5, 2006<\/h4>\n
\nNow that the drywall is gone with its yellow stripe, I can see strong horizontal patterns which makes the room seem bigger. For the first time, I’m beginning to visualize what it could look like. I’m feeling a bit more enthusiastic now.\n<\/p>\n
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\nWe always find a few surprises as we tear things down. For some reason we can’t figure two sections have rough boards nailed between the studs. The section on the right does have the plumbing to the bathroom behind it…maybe they wanted to protect that. But there’s nothing behind the boards on the left. (I’m always hoping someone hid money.)\n<\/p>\n
\nIn the space between the two boarded sections we found an electric cable, cut off without even electric tape wrapping the tip. I haven’t tested it to see if it’s live; I’m assuming it is. A note written on the stud says it’s the wiring for the extractor fan. I wonder what happened to that fan? After a dishwasher, that is the thing we’ve wanted most for this kitchen.\n<\/p>\n
\nIn the next section we found our first nest of cockroaches. When I first started pulling off walls I always expected critters to scurry out and until this weekend none had. One spot (next to the bathroom plumbing, of course) had a score of them resulting in a lot of squealing on our part and spraying insecticide and hiding in the living room until we thought it was safe to go back in the kitchen.\n<\/p>\n
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\nBehind the microwave is a door to our bedroom. We’ve blocked it off for years and tend to forget about it. But we opened it while we were working Saturday to remind ourselves just how odd it is. This is a house of doors. There are doors in every wall. At one time this house didn’t have air conditioning, just a whole house fan. So all the doors were an aid to circulation. However, we are going to wall off this door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We tear out more drywall in anticipation of the electrician coming to rewire in a week or so. I can almost visualize how it might look now.<\/p>\n