Moving the Wall

Next we had to tackle a wall. Yep... we have a half wall dividing the kitchen from the eating area, and we didn't like its placement. It was too far into the eating area, leaving room for only a small table and like 2 chairs. It was a big project because it included moving electrical wires and pipes, removing the countertops, and a lot of demo-ing and muscles. 

Obviously this was a man's job, so luckily Luke's dad was willing to help! He and Luke put their muscles to work and chiseled away at the white tile countertop, removed the cabinets, and somehow moved the wall and the plumbing. They're awesome. It was kind of like magic to me. I was upstairs painting my life away while the boys were doing their thing, and would come down periodically to check up on their status and to snap a few pics.

Here's the kitchen before the remodel. This peninsula with the sink is what got moved. We moved it 18 inches further into the kitchen. Because it has a 6 inch overhang on the back side, after we moved the wall and got a new counter top we gained about 2 feet to the eating area. We were worried that moving this wall would make the kitchen really small, but actually I think it's now a perfect size and that the size of it before would actually have been a little too big.

Here's the men chiseling away at the counter top.

 Cabinets got removed. 

We had to turn the water and electricity off so they could move all the wires. They were up in the dark working away. I think they were working on this til 2am. 

This is the new placement of the wall, and you can see how much room we gained from moving it. 

So we only have a little baby table right now, but eventually we can fit a bigger table in there some day!

This is the size of our kitchen now after having moved the wall. I think it makes much more sense having everything a little closer. Before it was a little too big. We love it and are SO happy that we decided to move that wall. Thanks to Luke's Dad for all his hard work and for helping us. We obviously wouldn't have been able to do it without him!