Renovation is a lot like moving — to Europe — in a row boat — since we won’t have a kitchen for 7 weeks. Although we moved into this house only 5 years ago, it is still surprising how much extra stuff we have that we don’t need. Going through every cabinet and drawer in the kitchen has allowed us to take another look at whether we really need all this. Turns out we don’t need 6 sets of free chop sticks, 500 coffee mugs (seriously, only a slight exaggeration), olive oil spritzers we have NEVER used, etc. My favorite conversation, which was repeated many times over, went like this: “Do you know what this (unrecognizable) thing goes to?” “Nope” “Well, we probably don’t need to keep it, right?” “That is correct.”
So, Stage 1 – kitchen clear-out in preparation for T-Day is complete. Stage 2 involves preparing the rest of the bottom floor for painting, but we have 3 weeks until painting and after all, tomorrow is another day…
Ready for Tear Out!
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