Kitchen Upgrade: Day 1

Day 1 is over and it's looking pretty good. The contractor stayed much later than I expected; though he also showed up later than I expected. But I think he stayed so late because he's determined to be finished in two days instead of three.

After some initial removal of a few items, demolition started in earnest.

It also revealed some awesome wallpaper that was covered up

The dust-protector kept all the sawdust confined and left an air of mystery to the proceedings.

Here's how it looks overnight. Not too different from afar from the first picture, but there was a good deal of sanding and the bottoms of the upper cabinets have been finished. most (all?) of the upper cabinet sides have the white laminate attached too.

Here's a closer look at the cabinets

Finally, here are the doors, just waiting to be attached. Incidentally, Jameson really liked seeing the hardware being screwed into the doors.