The Storm!

We experienced our first technical difficulty at the new house today due to the crazy storm (which produced a tornado a few miles away...)
Today we:
- cleaned the old fridge - aka "kevin's new basement beer fridge"
- assembled more kitchen cabinets (only 3 left to go!)
- wood paneling removed in downstairs living room to reveal some 'fine handy-work'...

Downstair's Family Room BEFORE:

Wood Paneling!!!

Torn Apart and In-progress!

   Cue the technical difficulty... tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap....ahh, the little pitter-patter of DRIPPING WATER!...Leaking was located in 5 different places in our new home. The roof was replaced in 2008 with what our inspector called "premium shingles" 
   Was all this leaking the result of some seriously out-of-the-ordinary storming? We will soon find out: We will have it all checked out soon + Realtor Shaun Gray is on the case (our home is "inspected and warrantied" so we will see what that means exactly...)

Moving + Demo = Sleepy

Friday = Kitchen Demo Day 1!
Yesterday = Moving most-things Day
Today = Cabinet Assembly!, pry off that old wood paneling...
  Wow - we are POOPED! Between moving pretty much all of our belongings, less the day-to-day essentials, and a complete kitchen demo - we've been BUSY! yikes! And poor Finch, had to stay home and miss the fun...


Completed:
- remove old kitchen countertops
- take out old appliances (fridge to basement laundry room, range + dishwasher directly to garage for prompt appliance recycling)
- remove old kitchen/front entry-way tile
- new cabinets delivered
- move stuff from Mpls house
- p/u furniture from Grandpa Fernando's out in Eden Prairie
- run new gas line for new gas stove - thanks to Jeff
- Begin putting new cabinets together - thanks to Roger, Ian, and Sara 


Extra special thanks to Elisa's parents, Bonnie & Joey, Jeff, Roger, Wes, Ian, & Sara for all of their help! Come on back tomorrow for Cabinet Assembly Phase 2!


Here's a peek at what the heck Kevin and the guys have been up to:


 BEFORE:

DEMO!!

now the place looks kind of gross...

more to come...