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Things NEVER happen this way! We started renovations last night and when it comes to major projects like this I LIVE BY A GAME PLAN, a SPECIFIC game plan. Well, we had an overall game plan on what we wanted to do (replace the cabinets, tile the kitchen floors, put a hole in the wall from the kitchen to the living room, etc.) but a specific one, like I’d PREFER, was not present! Renovations started and to me it seemed almost if we were doing things that we should not but, why would I complain… things were getting done. We started on a part of our renovations that I didn’t think we would begin for at least another week (the hole from kitchen to the living room which you can see from our pictures; need I remind you this was my FIRST ever major home renovation so what exactly did I know what needed to go first) but, to my surprise the spontaneity (something I enjoy in other aspects of my life) of this projects beginning went over surprising well. My Dad, I, and even Candace put work in on cutting the main frame of the hole out, that will give us an opening from our kitchen to our living room; something we are totally pumped to have! We definitely feel it makes the house have an open feeling.








Once we finished with the start of a project, I had no idea we were even going to do, we finally got into what I had set out to be the start of our official renovations. The kitchen cabinets, which I found to be OAK under the white paint, were quite easy to remove. We simply unscrewed the 1-3 screws which held the cabinets into the wall, cut through the caulk, removed the quarter round or crown molding around the cabinets and then pulled them away from the wall.

Although this was Candace and I's first day to many more days of renovations I have to give a big thank you to- my Dad and another thank you - to Mom (she was the photographer for the night) because I would not have had the courage to complete the hole without my Dad and would not have the pleasure of posting the pictures without my Mom taking them. It was also nice to have the first of our friends over in our house (LaDonna and Derrick). Of course, you’re probably wondering what Candace had to do with this entire 1^st day, well the pictures show how she helped, but more IMPORTANTLY the hole between the kitchen and the living room was HER idea! And what an AWESOME idea it was (more props to come to Candace as we continue to finish this)!