Demolition

I don't know if I can really say that demolition has officially started but I did go over to the house early this morning and took down the drop ceiling tiles in what will become the kitchen. They have been bugging me because every time I go in the room I felt like I was entering a cave and because of that was re-thinking having the kitchen there. With the true ceiling height now visible I feel much better about the room. I still have to take down the metal framework and need to rip the bad paneling off the walls, however (and while I generally do not like paneling, I will note for the record that there is good paneling and bad paneling - this is BAD paneling).

Another thing I noted is that the kitchen window is not as high as I thought it was so I am revising the kitchen cabinets in my head again. Previously, when I thought the window was higher, I had planned to have an appliance "garage" under the window. Now I realize that it isn't high enough for that so I am going to just have counter space. I am also no longer sure about having the upper cabinets go all the way to the ceiling - they will be really high. However, I don't like the empty space up above cabinets as it is wasted space that collects dirt so I am reserving judgment.

I also am confused about the sun exposures of the various sides of the house. The streets obviously do not follow the east-west, north-south theme. I noticed this because the front yard should be shady if they did. Instead, it appears to be fairly sunny. This means I am going to have to modify my proposed landscaping plan (also in my head) as I had planned to have hostas and ferns in the front.