Renovation excitement

Last week was very exciting by our standards. We had contractors replace our kitchen cabinet and tear down the cabinets in our study. The work started on Monday and stopped temporarily on Wednesday. The contractors returned on Monday to finish the work. We were very satisfied with the work although it meant no cooking for a week and living with a lot of dust.

 

I took 3 days off work to provide support at home. It was 3 days of sending the children to school, going shopping for furniture and furnishings, buying food and keeping the children out of the way of the contractors.

 

 

This is what the kitchen cabinet looked like before.....notice the broken door below the sink, the small piece of tissue used to hold the door (next to the drawers) and the yellowing top. The cabinet is 10 years old.

The part with the sink was remodeled 4 years ago. The original sink was place on top of a wooden frame. Unfortunately the sink was not placed correctly, resulting in water seepage, wood rot and termites. That was a horrific incident. We had a contractor come in to replace the wooden frame with a cement one. We decided to preserve the cement base this time round to save some cost. The contractor was accommodating and did their best to save the base. They did a good job!

 

 

This is what the kitchen looked like after Day 1. Everything was cleared within 4 hours!!!

Similarly, the study room was transformed.......from this room with a lot of junk..................

 

 

................to one empty of junk.

 

Where did the stuff go? Check out the following pictures!!!

 

Mess..............................................................more mess....

 

............................................................. and even more mess.

 

 

 

 

BUT....the painful process was worth it! The bomb shelter a.k.a. the store room had a make over!

 

 

The kitchen is much easier on the eyes and a lot more functional than before. We now have a lot more storage space due to the design provided by the contractor. See the top row of the hanging cabinets. They used to flush with the bottom row and could not accommodate anything due to a strategically misplaced ceiling beam.

 

 

And the study is also more functional, thanks to Ikea. The books have a proper home, Vincent and Xavier have proper desks and we finally have a nice computer table!!!!!

 

All in all, a worthwhile week of suffering!! If anyone needs a responsible and reasonably priced contractor, please let me know.