I was so happy with our spruced-up old kitchen. Here's the post about that transformation :
New Old Kitchen
But now we have another transformation ahead of us. Normally I would be thrilled to peak into the past lives of our house like this, but under these circumstances it's just not the same.
We began removing all the contents of our kitchen. Everything was soaking wet, even the space between the cabinets and walls, and all layers of old paneling and wallpaper were wet. It all had to come out.
I am saving the drawers. They will be the only thing left from the old kitchen and I will find a way to reuse them.
You can see how even the old layers of wallpaper, which was beneath paneling, is wet.
This was a surprise. A nearly complete door with jamb found in the wall that is shared by the second bathroom. We believe that originally the bathroom and office room were the back porch, so this door would have opened onto the back porch.
Some very pretty old wallpaper, as well as some very colorful, "modern" wallpaper was found beneath the kitchen paneling.
You can see where the original placement of the sink/cabinet was located, directly under a large picture window, and what was likely open shelving on either side. I can almost picture how it may have looked, with cute lace curtains and mason jars on the shelves.
But even with all the interesting things we've found, it still hurts to see it torn apart. And what's even harder, is knowing that it may be years before we can piece it all back together into the warm and comforting kitchen that my family has known and loved.
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