Jon and I were both kind of dreading this weekend. Our big goal was to get the last cabinets removed. We knew it would be challenging and heavy.

However... look what we came home to!!! Yes -- that's the KITCHEN that you're now able to see from the front door! Yippee!

The contractors were here (steel beams were delivered yesterday), and they removed them for us! We were happy to see that we could just relax tonight. On the other hand, we'll probably end up paying them for that. *sigh* Oh well.

The only thing we've now got to be ultra careful about are the nails lying around. We haven't moved to the basement, so the kids' bedrooms are still beyond the living room (as is ours), and the kitchen upstairs just works better than the kitchen downstairs. We've already instilled a "you must wear shoes in the house" rule, but it's super important to follow that rule. I'm glad the kids don't sleep walk!

When we were removing the drywall and other cabinets, we had some missing nails, too, but we were pretty diligent to find them. Tonight, I did a once-over of the floor and found a whole handful. They were everywhere -- around the wall, through the doorways, even under the kitchen table. Maybe we do need to rethink moving to the basement.

Anyway, since the cabinets are out, I guess our project for the weekend will be cleaning up the kitchen and laundry room. And maybe pulling some weeds. One thing we discovered about renovating (or have I already said this?): there's NO TIME for cooking, cleaning, and yardwork. As if we had time for that before!!!

I'll leave you with a final photo of the cabinet-less wall. Yay! The space feels SO big. I can't wait!!!