We’ve been in the middle of renovating our house since we moved here in February of 2014. It’s been painfully slow to say the least, but we knew this would be the case before we started. Our goal was to renovate while living here then sell once finished and if all goes well, make a little money and do it all over again in another house.
I know what most of you are thinking, you’re crazy!
Well, you would be right in thinking that. It does take a crazy person to be able to live through a long, drawn out reno. Oh, and we have two young kids. It’s been a hectic 2.5 years. BUT, we’re nearing the completion finally, so I wanted to start compiling a few posts of the “before and in-progress” photos.
We’ll start in the kitchen. The house had not been updated since it was built in 1978. The kitchen was tiny and badly laid out. It was a U shape layout which isn’t a bad deal, but when you can touch the fridge with one hand and the sink on the opposite side with your other hand, that is a bad deal! 
These photos were taken on the day we took possession of the house, but the previous owner’s things were still in it because the estate auction hadn’t taken place yet. I feel bad posting photos of their belongings, but they’re the only true before pictures I have.
Ok anyway, as you can tell from the pictures, the layout is strange! The kitchen was really small and closed off. You had to walk down a narrow hallway to get from the kitchen to the dining room. I’ll try not to get too wordy here and just let the photos speak for themselves.
Phase One of the reno was to knock out the wall that housed the fridge, microwave and wall ovens thus eliminating the hallway. We relocated the fridge to where the old pantry area was. I wanted a free standing range instead of the wall ovens and stove top on the counter top.
Even though it’s such a mess, you can already see how much bigger and more open the space is! Okay friends, I’ll be back soon to share more! Thanks for reading!!
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