{"id":49545,"date":"2015-02-11T22:43:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T05:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/kitchen-project-day-98-gutted.html"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:24:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T21:24:21","slug":"kitchen-project-day-98-gutted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/kitchen-project-day-98-gutted.html","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Project – Day 98: Gutted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today saw all the cabinets removed, as well as the pantry and the soffits. The kitchen was of an era where there was a soffit all around the perimeter, to allow a big wood framed bank of fluorescent lights in the center.<\/p>\n

Some months after we moved in — 19 years ago — we did some serious renovation of the kitchen, that time just +<\/span>Margie Kleerup<\/a><\/span> and I and +<\/span>Jim-Ginger Kleerup<\/a><\/span>. That included replacing the overhead lighting with halogen track lights, replacing the old electric range (with non-functioning over-range microwave) with a new oven and a rangetop in a built-in cabinet, reworking some of the cabinetry from some bad decisions by a previous owner, and replacing the formica countertops with porcelain tile, including the backsplash.<\/p>\n

As of today, all but the backsplash is gone, and its days are numbered. Which is okay, because we're going to end up with something much, much better, and what we had served us well for much longer than I would have thought when I was building it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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