Kitchen Refresh at the Lake House Week 2 of the One Room Challenge
Welcome! This week is going to be a quick update on our kitchen refresh for the One Room Challenge. If you are new here a big warm HELLO! Last week I shared my plans for the Spring One Room Challenge here and this week I am sharing a quick update. Quick because we are sooooo far behind already. I feel the need to note we only have weekends to work on the kitchen and as usual in a DIY project we ran into snags.
A reminder of where we began.
Kitchen Before
Our first task was to remove the backsplash. No matter how hard or careful we were the drywall came off with the tile. That tile was up for the long haul!
Woomp Woomp. This meant we have to replace the drywall.
Replacing the drywall took another trip to our friendly Home Depot as well as setting us back an afternoon. Hubby installed the drywall and we called it a day.
On Sunday once that was complete we made the first cuts on the butcher block. SO EXCITING!
I cannot tell you how happy I am. Everything is grooving….and then.
warped butcher block :(
It’s hard to see but the butcher block is warped. <insert big sigh and maybe a curse word here>. My husband nailed the cut and we were so disappointed.
This curtailed the rest of our progress for the weekend until we can exchange the countertops.
In the meantime it’s time to make a backsplash decisions.
Tile choices??
I’m leaning toward the glass tile. It’s a little pop of color. I like the reflective properties which I think will help bounce the light around and it also blends with the travertine floor tile that I am living with for now.
That is the update for now. Whew, to be honest we may have to reevaluate the weekends only renovation pretty quickly!
