Kitchen continuation

We've been so busy with the kitchen renovation that there's been no time to reflect on our progress.

Since Evan's last posting, he removed the sink and the rest of the wall behind the sink. Then he started putting up insulation.

The insulation part of the project seemed to go pretty smoothly. Next, he and his father put up drywall. This took around three whole days, and isn't even quite done yet -- we still need to do some more spackling and taping of the seams where the pieces come together.

They started with the ceiling, and to do that portion of it, they rented a lift. It was more complicated (slow-going) than the walls because they had to cut out holes for the rececessed lighting. Of course it was a lot more intricate than this; I can't really do it justice. Anyway, the process of fastening the drywall to create our new ceiling was impressive to observe.

As of tonight, after many grueling hours, all the ceiling and the walls are up -- or at least the parts we need for when the contractor arrives to install the cabinets on Thursday. I think they still need to do part of the hallway, but that can happen this winter. I am very proud of the job Evan (and his dad) did!!

The weather has been unseasonably hot (80s) and the garden is doing well. While they were working on the kitchen, I spent some time tending to it. We have some awesome things growing there, like beets and turnips and broccoli raab... just no way to cook any of it. Yet.