The end of the line for the
ugly tiles.
Chaos is But Order by Another Name
Today, David began the demolition of the tile portion of the kitchen floor, and the removal of the section of counter cabinet that will be reset at an "L". This will provide more counter space for the kitchen, and increase the flow towards the dining area. Not an easy job, 'cause we had glued the over-sub floor (a second layer of subfloor for the tiles) to the original 1915 subfloor. David is so careful and thorough that even his demolitions look neat and orderly.
With each blow of the hammer and chisel, memories of putting the apartment kitchen together over 20 years ago surfaced. The original subfloor had been replaced in one section with a sheet of plywood, which reminded me that a "maid's stairway" had once run upstairs from the kitchen when 1929 had been a single family dwelling. Another set of stairs countering this had at one time led to the basement.
The cabinets ripped out.
Before I'd decided to use the vacancy to perform repairs and upgrades, I, my friend Benjamin and my sister had painted the kitchen, livingroom and bedroom. You can see the deep red the kitchen now is in the photo. Don't judge it by the demolished kitchen, it actually looks very good. "Very European," Benjamin called it, and he should know, being one. The paint, incidentally, future renter, is top-knotch Daly's C2 LoVo paint. Beautiful colors, almost something iridescent about them. Outside, I'll be using the paint the new paint job on the house used, Benjamin Moore semi-gloss latex over Moore quick-dry oil primer. Also very nice paint. Always pay more for the top brands, it makes a difference.
David also removed the crappy range hood that's been in there for years. I always hated that, too. It was sort of a sun-burnt harvest gold …
