We are renovating the kitchen.
Here's what it used to look like:
Yeah. Note the lovely (ripped) fruit-motif wallpaper. The 1980s cabinets. The vinyl floor.
And here's what it looked like yesterday:
Note the absence of 1980s cabinets! ::yaaaayyyyy::
After we did that, we started in on the floor:
After we removed the vinyl, and the next layer of vinyl, and the layer of lauan (thin plywood), we discovered 3/4" pine flooring. And under THAT we finally found the subfloor! It's in surprisingly good condition for a 140-year-old house.
We're going to take it all down to the subfloor, and put new 3/4" oak hardwood down, to match the rest of the house.
Oh, did I mention.... In the meantime, this is our kitchen:
Let the wild rumpus begin!