The upper cabinets came out pretty quick. HD was out of town this particular week and I couldn't move the appliances out on my own, so they sat in the middle of the room for a day or two.
This portion of the old tile countertop was really strong. The guy doing the demo work had nothing left underneath and yet the counter stayed up. He banged and pounded and chipped away at it until it finally came down. He said in all the years that he's been doing this that he had never seen one this strong.
Also, above the counter you can see rectangle sections of the drywall that had been cut. This was where they were running the electrical for the new under cabinet lighting. We also moved the electrical outlets up and turned them sideways.
This is another good look at the holes that they put in all of the walls. They had to move the gas line and they put it in a recessed box so that the range would fit closer to the wall. The water line for the refrigerator was installed the same way.
This shows the framing that was added under the cabinets to raise them up to a finished height of about 37 inches. Standard cabinets/countertops are usually about 35-36 inches. I really love them being that little extra bit higher.
Libby thought the whole thing was pretty sketchy. She was definitely not a fan of construction!
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