From Kitchen Chaos to Pantry Progress

We've been trudging through a sizable kitchen remodel over the last couple of months. We had to do a lot of cabinet demo and repiping and rewiring, so we've had drywall-free walls in our pantry for a couple of weeks now. Even in sunny So. Cal, it gets mighty cold with no walls or insulation! (Oh yeah, and we ripped out our linoleum, so we're standing on bare concrete slab too. Brrrrrr.)

For the last month Stacy has been doing all our laundry outside with our washing machine on the back patio, hooked up to a garden hose in the back yard. Cold water only! Our old dryer died, so all our tighty whities have been flapping in the breeze on an impromptu clothesline I strung. I'm really looking forward to underwear that doesn't feel like burlap.



But things are definitely on the upswing. The internal rework is done, the drywall rehung and plastered, and the first coat of primer is on!



Next steps: Finish the painting in the pantry, lay some tile in that general vicinity, and then: install the new washer and dryer! Further down the line, we'll install some new cabinets there in the pantry and in the kitchen proper, complete the tiling throughout the kitchen, and replace our 60's counter tops with quartz. It's gonna look good! (We love our contractor!!!)