My Stupid Kitchen
So the floor in my kitchen is crap. Some genius decided untreated plywood would make a good sub-floor. Did I mention they put self-adheasive tiles over top? Now I’m no expert in floors, but doesn’t that seem rather retarded to you? Cracks in tiles….add water….ta da! Rotted wood and unsticky-fied floor.
Purty, ain't it?
*sigh* The really sad thing is it was only the beginning…..
The original plan was to just lay new tile. DramaBoy’s dad informed me the wood wasn’t “that bad” and go ahead with the new tile over top. Ummm, okay? I did a test tile where it was already torn up and quickly decided that just wasn’t possible. No fucking way was new tile going to stick to the rotted wood. No biggy, we’ll just tear up the sub-floor and replace it with treated wood.
Enter project #2.
Every time I walk into that kitchen I see that ugly floor. Since we had a possible solution for it, I start scanning the rest of the kitchen. I thought, well hell! If I put down a new floor, the cupboards are REALLY going to look like crap. What I need to do is repaint them before we do the floor. Problem is, there is 3 layers of paint and wood sealant on them, and no fucking way I can just “paint over”.
Who the fuck thought ANY of these colors were a good idea?
Stupid me thought I would just send SexyTechy in to sand them down. If only it had been that easy. We ended up having to take them off the hinges, and buy 3 containers of paint stripper. Once we got all set up in the garage and finally started getting some where, I spotted something else in the kitchen.
Enter project #3.
With all the doors off, I can see inside the cupboards….
Another massive project. Yippie.
Painted wood trim, like the rest of this stupid house, and it’s chipped. And let’s not overlook the fashionable Minnie Mouse contact paper. That crap was also in the drawers which luckily we managed to peel off relatively easy. I’m sure under this will be a layer of orange mushroom print contact paper and probably 2 or 3 layers of paint.
Let’s recap. It started with an idea to tear up the floor and lay new. Then we decided to do the cupboard doors and drawers. And now we’re planning to strip all the insides of the cupboards. Did I mention my house is about 150 years old? I can’t wait to see what else we find. *sigh*
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“Well there’s you’re problem!” Seriously, my whole house is an ongoing project. I feel your pain.
Wow. 150 years old. My wife and I lived in a house like that once (close to 150 years old) and I remember that the “insulation” that was used behind the walls was old newspaper. Luckily, we just rented there at the time and moved not long after we got hitched. It certainly sounds like you have your work cut out for you. As far as what you find next, I hope it isn’t termites and/or old fraying wiring that would cause a house fire.
Btw, after a long, mostly enjoyable hiatus, I’m back again. I’m glad to see you’re still plugging away with your blog. It takes a certain stamina.
LOL I know we’ve ran into all kinds of crap over the years. The termites we’ve already taken care of after putting a new roof on the back part of the house. Some wiring has been replaced because it’s original wiring from like, 1900. And all the drain pipes have been replaced too after the one directly under the tub broke. Thankfully we have a crawlspace and not an actual basement, so it wasn’t an emergency fix. Kinda gross letting the water go under the house, but we got it fixed within a week so it wasn’t THAT big of a deal.
Oh yeah, this house has been a BLAST. *sigh*