Monday was a snow day. My boss called that morning to tell me to stay home, that the roads were bad (for Boston, that's saying something). So I stayed home and worked on the kitchen. All day. But what better time to add some insulation to the house?
In addition to putting in some insulation in the upper parts of the walls, where the old cellulose had settled and left empty space, I continued what we had started with the beadboard. I carefully (most of the time) took it off and then turned it around. (That's right - sing it with me: "Turn the bead around...love to hear per-cus-sion!" Or maybe "the nail gun.") But, since these walls are exterior walls, I put in some fiberglass insulation to try to chip away at our heating bill. One can dream, anyway...
All the boards off the back wall. There just seems to be a layer of plaster insulation between the room and the exterior clapboards. Well, at least there's something.
With insulation added, and some boards already in place. And let me tell you, by the way, that getting these boards out from behind the window sill and door moldings without destroying everything was no easy task. Thank God these are getting painted over.
All back on! Next...
This corner might not be necessary, since it's most likely going to be covered with cabinets, but it's a small area.
Done and insulated!
This is an old picture that you've seen before, but just to give you an idea of what the beadboard looked like before...
I decided to go only so far with this wall...the area behind the stove will be covered with cabinets, and, well, I was really tired by this point. Tired of battling the board.
And it's all done! I had to take a board from somewhere else to fill in that left side, but I did it. Now the kitchen has a rustic, cabin-like feel. And maybe it's just mental, but I feel like it's a little warmer in there now, too.
AND, now that our electrical roughing is in, we can put up sheetrock! Finally, we'll have some walls!
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