The Kitchen Demolition: Sexy floor

How sexy is this floor?

The Kitchen Demolition: Old floor some more.

Honey working hard.

It was dark when I took the photo and with the flash you totally see how hard he is working to pull up the million staples used to staple the second subfloor down and he is squished behind the fridge and stove here. Yuck!

The Kitchen Demolition: Old floor

And ladies and gentlemen . . . the stylish floor that was installed somewhere between 1957 and 1985.

The subfloor that was below the yellow lino we have lived with was stapled to this floor with cable staples, long skinny staples which are a pain in the tush to pull out with pliers.

We are using a large Swingline staple remover! LOL

We can't figure out if the builder did this or the owner. It is on the original subfloor so I am guessing builder cause the base colour of the walls is blue too. This house sold for $12,000 in 1957 so that might have been a stylin house for a good price then.

The Kitchen Demolition: Stripping walls and floors

This is the first section of blue tile and also the progress on the paint stripping a la Josh's elbow grease (he asked me to get him a heat gun).

The Kitchen Demolition: Many layers of paint

The many paint layers. Which actually is only like 4.

Plaster > Blue > White > Yellow > Pumpkin Spice

Josh and I are debating what happens next.

I think I am going to let him deal with it and take the kids out that day! LMAO

The Kitchen Design: Small Upper Cabinets

CABINETS

The small upper cabinets going above the stove and fridge.

The Kitchen Demolition: Flooring

FLOORING

The house had lino in 1957 when it was made over a subfloor. First owner put tile down on top of that and then later another subfloor down on top of that and more lino.

So Joshua has to strip it back to original subfloor and replace it and put down new vinyl sheet.

This will eliminate the constant quarter inch tripping hazard.


A closer look once Josh cut a large swatch to investigate the mess>




So today Josh decided to pull up the first section of floor to see what we are dealing with. It is subfloor, decking, old tile, subfloor, lino.

So he pulled up lino and subfloor and found the tiles.

The Kitchen Design: The Final floor choice

FLOORING

This is the new flooring choice. The Tarkett floor is not going to get here in time and since I refuse to order from Home Depot I just have to accept that and move on. Joshua picked this one instead. A complete change but it suits the cabinets and wall colour better. It is fate.

It is a vinyl fiber floor sheet and is loose lay, no glue, just roll it down and secure it with quarter round.

Supplier: Lowe's
Manufacturer: Armstrong
Style: Ashton
Colour: Warsaw Indian Slate.

The Kitchen Design: First floor choice

FLOORING

This is the Tarkett Fiberfloor called Alamo Stone that I have been chasing around the city, sadly looks like I won't be getting it.

Looking at Armstrong floors now.

Definitely NOT getting this floor, but new floor is a better choice anyway.

Supplier: Home Depot
Manufacturer: Tarkett
Colour: Alamo Stone Dark Rust

The Kitchen Design: Countertop

COUNTERTOP

This is the counter top sample but you can't see the green in this sample as much as the actual chip, weird. Countertop and pass thru counter will be this colour.

Supplier: Lowe's
Manufacturer: WilsonArt
Colour: Crystalline Iris 1840-45

The Kitchen Design: Wall colour

WALL COLOUR

This is the wall colour, it is a little warmer and less gray on the actual colour chip.

Supplier: (Not sure)
Manufacturer: Behr's
Colour: Mother Nature

The Kitchen Renovation 2009

So after 6 years of talking and planning and hoping we are jumping into the kitchen renovation in order to take a grab at the renovation tax refund the government is offering for 2009 tax season.

I hope to post the updates as they come.

The renovation is scheduled to take place during the last week of July and first two weeks of August. If all the supplies are available and we have no unexpected surprises as we have with ALL other projects we should be good.

The Kitchen Design: The Cabinets

CABINETS

This is the colour of our cabinets. Maple with a burgundy red stain. The colour doesn't ring true onscreen as usual.

Supplier: Home Depot
Manufacturer: Distinctions
Style: Glendale
Colour: Burgundy

DistinctionsCabinetry.com/glendale