The Hendricks Family Experience

Kitchen – Before	Kitchen – After
Dining area – Before	Dining area – After

It’s been a couple weeks since we posted. That’s because we’ve been occupied doing a quick makeover of the kitchen and surrounding areas. Our house hasn’t been updated since it was built. You can see this in the “Before” picture. Same linoleum and wallpaper as the house had in 1986, “rustic country” wood flooring that was splintery and nasty, and a doorway into the dining room that is not used. Also, there was no room for Steph’s buffet and hutch, where most of our dishes and the like are kept.

So we decided to do a number of quick things to make the kitchen and dining area nicer and a little more updated, but nothing too expensive or crazy, since we’re planning a full kitchen update in 3-5 years. So we figured that we would get the walls where we want them, put in a laminate floor, and do some painting. Pretty easy, right? Yeah, seems simple, but there was a little more to do than we thought.

Demolition was easy. Sheetrocking and prepping the sheetrock for paint was easy. Moving the wiring for the thermometer and phone was easy, but took time. Moving the central vac point was not too bad. Getting the laminate down seemed easy, but there were a couple of sections that were complicated, like the kitchen and laundry room. Apparently if you haven’t done this before, you should start in a nice square room. It took us a little time, but all of the linoleum is covered, the gross wood floor is gone, and the laminate is down. Some new mouldings and paint were added, and the kitchen is almost done. One wall is left to paint, and that’s due to the wood windows and trim that need to be refinished and painted.

Click here to view a full set of photos from both demolition and construction.

UPDATE: It’s done!  The kitchen and dining area are finished.  Some painting is left in the laundry room, but it can wait.