This past week we've had the interesting experience of having to live with no kitchen, since we were in the process of getting it remodeled. Of course, when we bought the house we had really no intention of redoing the kitchen (which was never perfect, but good enough to not need a redo), but unfortunately due to some leaks, our base cabinets started to warp and it forced us to change them out. I was excited about the new kitchen, but also a little resentful that we would have to spend money that we didn't plan on spending when we bought the house....until we saw what was hiding from us. When the contractor (who was EXCELLENT, by the way) pulled out our cabinets, it turned out that the walls were literally COVERED in mold. I can't even believe that we've been living with that stuff in our house for the last year, and I can't tell you all how excited I am that it's gone before little H gets here. Here are some pictures, so you can see the actual damage, which was extensive. This is the corner of the wall, which was basically an empty space:
And here's the full wall:
As you can imagine, our house smelled VERY badly, and it suddenly dawned on me that the musty smell that I have not been able to clean out of the house since we bought it was not to be blamed on the dogs, but rather on this nasty mold. And the great thing is that now that smell is TOTALLY gone, it's made such a huge difference in the air quality. Oh, and not only was the sheetrock molded, but the insulation and the studs, which also all had to be ripped out, leaving us with block walls in our kitchen for one night, which led us to the next interesting discovery:
Yes, you're seeing right, that's a beer can that has been MORTARED into the block wall. Hmm, wonder what the guys who built this place were doing on the job? Anyway, the good news is that it's all done and it looks AMAZING, even though the cabinets still need to be painted, handles and knobs still need to be put on, and we still need to run the hardwood floors into the kitchen. Really none of that matters for now, since that SMELL is finally gone. Here are some before and after pictures of our kitchen. Here are the before pictures:
And the afters:
SOOO much better, right?!? I guess it's just one of the many steps we're taking to make our house a safer and better place for little H...if only he knew. :)
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