Getting ready for the REAL demo.

Another evening at the four square!!! I'm afaid we're going to burn out before we're done, and we've just gotten started!!!! My amazing husband is a great planner though. Tonight he fininshed the loading dock and the off ramp for the upcoming demo.

A little background: The lady who owned the house previously passed away last August at the age of 100 (amazing woman, walked the Great Wall for her  90th birthday!!! Who does that?) and a handicapped ramp was built for her but never used (according to the next door neighbor). Our new neighbor Helen would REALLY like to see it go away since it's such an eyesore. But he had the great idea of reconfiguring it to help during the demo work. Great idea!!!!! It should make the work much easier now that we have an on ramp, off ramp, and loading dock that works with the truck tailgate. Easier removal of the radiators, plaster, and other assorted demo garbage.

Another thing I'd like to mention is the amazing power of Craigslist!!!!!!! I got some estimates from some box stores on kitchen cabinets and couldn't believe what they were charging for crappy, particle board cabinets! So I kept looking. The major issue was that I wanted to have upper cabinets that went up to the ceiling, or as close as possible, which is unavailable in standard box store cabinets and very expensive when ordering custom. Craigslist to the rescue!!!! We ended up driving about 3 hours total on Sunday, but scored 31 kitchen cabinets for $800 from a really nice couple!! They're beautiful! Solid oak with upper cabinets at 42 inches so I can maintain the integrity of the kitchen. Of course, we won't need them for months, but they found a temporary home in our garage until needed. I even loved the craftsman inspired hardware with a leaf motif so that saved us another $400 to $600 on replacements. Yay for us!!!!!