It took 2.5 months, but the kitchen is finally done and we love it! It’s an old house so we didn’t really know what we would find when we tore it down to the studs. There were some definite structural issues, some very uneven surfaces, and even some bowing of the front of the house. We also discovered that the ceiling was sinking, by 4 inches! Our contractor was amazing and propped it up, but not completely because it would have cracked the walls in Lauren’s room (which is right above the kitchen), which Dave redid a few years ago, as well as crack the tiles in the girls bathroom, also a project that we had done recently.

One the wall between the laundry room and kitchen came down we realized that it was built without proper support, so we had to get a beam put in the ceiling, as well as another vertical beam put in the basement to prop up the floor. Thank God we did this project when we did. I can’t imagine what would have happened if we waited another decade.

We’re so happy with how it all turned out! We have so much more space now and I live on that Center Island. The kids sit there in the mornings for breakfast, and I can talk with them while getting lunches together. We’ve gathered around it for parties, holidays, get togethers with friends, etc.