Even though we’re not completely finished with the tile in the guest bath, Tim is “raring to go” and ready to start on the kitchen. You gotta start somewhere, and with this room (or rooms, really, the breakfast room, kitchen and laundry room), it’s going to have to be slow and steady.
Yesterday, Tim worked from home (after his marathon 7 hour nighttime work session), and got started late afternoon in the breakfast room. He took up all the baseboards from the kitchen and breakfast room, and tore up most of the vinyl in the breakfast room. He was very sweet and left me a walking path to and from the kitchen area so I wouldn’t track up as much. He’s smart and thinking ahead!
OK, here’s what we have coming up in the next couple of days:
1. Seal the grout in the bathroom
2. Reinstall the baseboards, toilet and door in the bathroom
3. Apply Krud Kutter to the breakfast room and remove all adhesive and backing layer of the vinyl
4. Figure out how to tackle the kitchen and move out the appliances (I’m more worried about this than Tim, obviously!)
Pictures in the extended section, although they are very boring. But I’m documenting each step of the way, so there you have it 😀
Removing the baseboards in the kitchen:
Pulling up vinyl in the breakfast room:
You can probably still use your kitchen while working in it, until you start to lay the new tile and have to stay off the floor. But I imagine that you can work and use the kitchen while you are still removing old floor and getting all the gunk up……I used mine and just walked/worked on the concrete for a brief time!
ewww, that looks like a mess! but i know the finished product will be worth it.
Elizabeth – it IS a mess! We pulled up even more last night. Even messier now! I will try to update later today and add a couple more pictures. We’re getting there, slowly but surely! I can’t wait till it’s done, I know it will be worth it too, and I’m very excited!
P.S. Please don’t ever consider installing ceramic tile yourself. 🙂
I think I mentioned something about hiring someone to do it for you! Maybe you will think on that one harder if it ever comes up again! I lived through like 5-6 months of that kind of stuff when we remodeled the downstairs, just went from room to room to room, and the dust! Everywhere……Kathryn or Liz, can’t remember which one, said their favorite part of the remodeling was……..that they WEREN’T here when it was going on! Silly girls!
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