And The Walls Come Tumbling Down, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
One thing always leads to another. Originally we were just going to put up some more cabinets in the kitchen and redo the backsplash. The previous owners were in the midst of a total remodel of this house and were a little, uh… off shall we say, in their calculations among other things. So there weren’t enough cabinets and the backsplash they’d done was a mess and had to be redone. But then… there’s always a but then isn’t there?… we got into it and found they’d wired the stove in wrong which was very dangerous and we’re lucky there wasn’t a fire, or they were anyway. So then we decided that taking out half the wall between the kitchen and living room would open it up tons, plus we probably wouldn’t have to buy any more cabinets, or at least not as many. This meant we would also take out all the lowers and redo the countertops, which were a mess we’d originally thought we’d try and salvage. Because of this decision we also had to get a new stove since the one that was in there, though really great, was too tall for a bar type situation…. hence our shopping yesterday at used appliance places in Portland. And let me tell you, we didn’t think we’d be able to find a used slide in flat top electric downdraft range, but we did. Amazing. I recommend this place highly… uh, it’s called… uh wait… we were just there yesterday… hmmm… oh yeah… Appliance City. Great place. We’ll go back (as long as we can remember what it’s called… hardy har har). After all, we have to get a washer and dryer. Anyway… so the old really decent range is going into our other rental, which I’m sure our renter will like as the one she has was probably made before the dawn of time. And we are on our way to getting the kitchen back together. Woo Hoo. Well… not yet, but we will be. And that is how one thing leads to another. Whew…
