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Kitchen Remodel: Demo Day

Gus and I bought our first house together in October 2016. It's a century-old Victorian home, nestled in a side street of Humboldt Park, Chicago. It's certainly not fancy by any means. But it has a little backyard for Gus to plant a garden, a two-car garage for me to store my tools, and enough space for both our families to visit for as long as they'd like. In short, we love it, and we're so happy to be living here. I think it was a month after we moved in that I told Gus that I wanted to tear the kitchen apart. And then I just did it. Although the house was nice enough, there was no air conditioning on the 2nd floor, the kitchen was outdated, and every room needed a fresh coat of paint. Even now, nearly a year and a half after buying the house, it seems like our punch list only keeps getting longer. But we actually love it. I mentioned it in earlier posts, but I'm an activator and Gus is a planner. The first thing I wanted to destroy was this purple wall sep

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