The Demolition Report, Part 1 of ?

My foks are wrapping up a handyman/contractor for my birthday and sending him over to The Knoll (aka Easty’s Home).  So excited!  He is going to teach me how to do the things I should not “wing,” which is how I’ve been operating up until this point.  Considering I could really screw up my kitchen, or hurt myself, we all thought this would be a good idea.

Brett took some measurements last weekend and sent me a list of remaining materials needed to finish Phase 1.  In order to save on disposal fees, I am going to do the majority of the demolition myself; I’ve already started!  Last night I finished removing the last of the old extractor hood.

Here’s the original BEFORE shot:

And in the upper cabinet removal phase:

And here’s where we last left it:

That last piece of the old extractor has been taunting me for a couple months now, so I Tawanda’d it last night.

TAWANDA!!!

It should really think twice before mocking me with it’s “Nah nah nah boo boo! I’m two inches off center.  Whacha gonna do about it?” kind of talk.

BAM. Here’s the most recent state of the kitchen:

  
Note how sparkly clean the counters are; demo is a messy, messy process.  I covered the top of the stove but that didn’t completely stop the drywall dust.  No biggie.  The most important thing is making sure that the drywall doesn’t end up in my eyes (on with the protective eyewear) and that I don’t do anything really nuts that may cause me to fall from the counter to the floor. 

Petey thinks I’ve completely lost it.

What are you doing??

There will be much more demo going on in the next couple of weeks.  I will keep all ya'll posted! Enough about me.  What did you do with your Saturday?  Any fun projects? Time spent with the kiddos? Anyone else weird out their dog too?