Who needs a kitchen doorway anyway?

Part of our grand master plan involved opening the kitchen doorway as much as we could. We were met with obstacles from the very start- from the engineer saying we could only take it so far, to the contractor who is careful with his promises. We have been pleasantly surprised at how much this doorway is being opened!

Here is the kitchen doorway - on it's way to being widened.

And here it is - opened on from both sides!

Kitchen doorway framing going in.

Yeah! kitchen open to living area. Whoohoo!

Kitchen sink piping exposed, ready to extended moved 12 inches to the right

Sometimes, electrical just likes to hang out.

Wall bags have become a wall pyramid.

Metal column was the boundary of the wall that came down.

Framing going in where the wall came down to create some sense of separation between foyer and living room.

Sub sub floor showing

Hole in the ceiling for lighting, done!

Electrical outlets in bedroom going in!

Bed-side tables outlets in! yeah!

And bottom of molding was cut out to be replaced as well.

Somebody's happy!

Before the work!

We finally achieved the dream of buying an apartment in New York, and the first thing we did, before even ever living there, was to demolish it. Ok that is dramatic, how I pictured it in my mind and how it actually looks while it's happening could not be further apart from each other.

Here are the three culprits. These three pictures were take by the broker and this is what she posted on the new york times real estate website which ultimately played the part of our prey.

In actuality these pictures do a nice job of showing "the wall" (seen in the first picture) which from the moment we walked in decided that it just had to go, that it would make all our dreams come true, that would allow me to sit at the still fictional island and allow me to work on the laptop and still hang out as the cooking was happening.

The kitchen in this picture is the opening showing just in front of the wall, to the right of the left window.

Here is a closer look at the wall which will come down, bordering the right side of this photo.

Here is another view of the wall which is now on the left side of the picture. This picture was taken from the bedroom door, looking at the front door. We are also going to be opening up the doorway to the kitchen and making it larger.

Here is the reverse of the picture above, taken from the front door now looking toward the bedroom. The wall to come down is on the right and the kitchen doorway also coming down is on the left.

This is the kitchen, equipped with the oldest and most caked on paint I have ever seen. The only thing we are keeping is the sink basin which we'll have refinished and placed on a new cabinet. We ordered the new cabinets and appliances, and they will arrive within two weeks! Thank you Sears for carrying two year old new appliances! And a place in Brooklyn with the most carefree and unrushed yet very pleasant cabinet lady ever.

Another look at the kitchen and old cabinetry that is coming out, as well as a better look at the doorway which will be enlarged, mostly by taking back the wall on the left.

Hope you enjoyed a look at the calm before the storm!

The storm begins!

The infamous wall is on it's way down - we are already sleeping better, finally seeing it come down!

Cabinets have come down!

More cabinets, down!

Check out the wall that's coming down and the visibility beginning to happen from the kitchen!

The front door has been cover to keep the dust from entering the hallway.

The arch is down! and there is now a big whole in the ceiling, not sure why! oh well!

The bedroom is being used to cut some wood, or something.

Bags full of wall!

More of the arch, which we are removing.

Here is the view again from the front door, looking toward the bedroom which shows the wall on the right coming down.

The kitchen entryway was enlarged today, those pictures will be posted very soon!