{renovate: the kitchen} it's demo time!

Friends, it's official. We no longer have a kitchen! And, it's really weird. I thought I'd take you on a journey of what the kitchen went through this weekend. I was, in fact, enjoying time away, but I had Chris taking photos. Of course. So, the guy in all the photos isn't Chris .... it's his best friend and general contractor. Yah for great friends! :)

When I left for the beach on Saturday morning, the wall between the kitchen and living room looked like this.

And then this happened ....

And now, it looks like this ....

ps. The next step is to take the majority of that wall out. YAH! :)

The window wall started out looking like this ...

Then this ....

And now.... nothing.
The space heading out the back door looked like this:

 Then this.

And now there's nothing also (forgot that pic! :)

The ceiling also came out.

Which led to a lot of really old insulation. Everywhere. Seriously. They were still cleaning it up yesterday when I got home.

There's our roof/attic!

The guys also managed to get up both layers of linoleum, which honestly, was the part I was dreading most. 

So, it's a start. It was a little surreal to come home to this big gaping hole in the middle of our house, but it's also very motivating to get it finished! :) I have a couple more kitchen posts lined up for you this week -- including the reasons why we decided for a full gut, instead of working with what we have, and an mood board for the space! 

Did anyone else gut something this weekend? Or, start/finish any home projects? I'd love to hear about them!