Kitchen Renovation: Before

And so it begins...

We spent the last four days -- in our spare time between sporting events, work, sleep, and other "life" events -- emptying out our kitchen, dining room, and living room in preparation for our kitchen/upstairs remodel. It's very exciting, but it was a pain in the butt. And now our "kitchen" is downstairs in our Rec Room for the next six weeks.

I feel like these should be captioned, "Next, on Hoarders..."

 Here are some "before" pictures to kick it off...

And before I left the house this morning, the contractors had already taken down a couple cabinets. THIS was on the wall behind them...

Ick! That wasn't even what was on the kitchen walls when we bought the house, although that was almost as hideous.