Cabinet Demo & Clean Garage!

Made a lot of progress this weekend! The drop box was dropped off on Friday while I was at work, and I came home to this beauty in my driveway:

Dumpster chic!

On Saturday a bunch of friends came over to help clean up all the crap that Todd demo'd in the garage, and knock down all of the kitchen cabinets! It's so weird (and awesome) to have all that gross rotten cabinetry gone. And the barfy sink! Yay!

Before (sans doors)

After (sans everything! :P)

I'm not sure if I'm going to rip out all the flooring or just that part that was under the cabinetry before I put down the new vinyl tile that arrived Friday. I hope I hope I hope I get the floor finished before I leave for Disneyland (less than 2 weeks!!) but I'm not going to do a crappy job trying to rush it. I'm also still undecided on whether to grout it or not. It's "grout-able" vinyl tile, so if I so choose I can do that to make it look a little higher end, and also ensure no moisture can get between the tiles. But, especially if I leave the existing vinyl underneath, that won't really be an issue that I'll have to worry about. Either way, I will be using an additional adhesive underneath, even though the tile is already self-adhesive. The bathroom tile that I used is also self-stick vinyl but I didn't use any additional adhesive and there are a couple of tiles that are kind of peeling up at the edge...it's not that big of a deal, you just step on it and it goes back to flat. I think I may be making it sound worse than it is haha!

Annnnnnyways! The garage is all nice and VERY clean and I'm VERY happy with it!!

Yaaaaay!

Before picture for reference:

Booooo!

I can actually walk around in it now! And I can start putting boxes in there! Although there are a lot of spiders and creepy crawlies that I don't want to crawl around in my stuff :( Time to invest in some more plastic tubs for storage!

Oh, and the one thing the seller left that I'm not mad about is this little guy:

Punkin'!

Ain't he cute!? I think I'll name him Jerry. And then carve him up for Halloween! Mwahaha!

Well, I still don't have a bathroom sink BUT I do have a utility sink in the garage that I forgot about! So even though it's not the most cosy, I can brush my teeth and stuff in the garage until the bathroom is complete :) I'm going to try my hardest to get the kitchen floor done this coming weekend. I'll need to move the refrigerator, scrub the existing floor, score it, then apply the additional adhesive before I can put the tile down, but that seems like it could be done, right? If I decide to grout the tile it will definitely affect the time it will take though. Eh, we'll see!

-Megan