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[c9]

Our kitchen project will be hitting high-gear soon. IKEA has charged us for all our cabinetry, so they'll look at delivering it within 2 weeks I think. Our new fridge and stove arrive on Monday. We're talking to a friend about countertop and installation options. But we still have so much to do! It's scary.

- remove old paint from kitchen
- decide on new kitchen wall colour
- paint kitchen
- remove shitty stucco from ceiling
- paint ceiling
- remove old cabinets
- somehow get rid of cabinets somewhere
- assemble all the new cabinets
- install all the new cabinets
- remove shitty linoleum floor
- install new tile floor
- make sure that everything fits back together OK
- install countertop, sink, faucet
- connect dishwasher
- clean everything up

What I'm stressing about is what order to do everything in. Basically, should we paint and do the floor before the cabinets? Or just paint? Paint after the cabinets are removed, but before the new ones go in? It's ridiculous. And of course our kitchen will be totally unuseable for at least a couple weeks.

It's to the point where I want to start right now, just so that I can say we're under way. Even though it might be pointless.

Comments

[purplemartini.livejournal.com]

You should look up the KW freecycle and freecycle your cabinets..the bonus is that someone else comes and takes them away.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Wayyyy ahead of you! After your first freecycle post, I looked them up, joined the list, and a few days ago received a post about someone looking for cabinets! :)

I will be emailing her shortly, once we have a better idea of when the cabinets are coming off the walls.