Kitchen demo -- and then some

My partner has been doing demo on the kitchen in his spare time. While this saves on having to interview a bunch of workmen, which doesn't necessarily work out, it also takes a fair bit of time and has gradually made our kitchen non-existent.

Here are a couple progress shots from a week ago:

The top two layers of flooring are removed (black and white linoleum and plywood) revealing black and white vinyl tile. My partner kept shaking his head and asking, "who replaces a floor with the same floor?"

Here is what the kitchen looked like after the remaining layers of flooring were removed:

When I mean layers, I mean layers:

(1) the top layer of black and white linoleum and (2) plywood, underneath which was (3) another layer of black and white linoleum tile, (4) a layer of gray and yellow linoleum, (5) a layer of original black and brown linoleum glued with some tar-like adhesive to (6) a fir floor which we have opted to discard (our friend tried to salvage hers and said it was a disaster). I think the only other room in the house that contained this much of the house's decorative history is the master bedroom which has about 7 layers of wall paper and paint.

The original kitchen color was a green, with a black and brown linoleum tile floor.

Comments

[Allison]

Yes, it's the time that gets you. It's great to save money, but you have to have the time to do it.

[Shane]

Good call on not trying to salvage the fir floors. I've spent the last couple months removing 50yr+ old linoleum from our fir floors. I'm finally at a point where I am seeing wood instead of the tar-ish stuff.