New Floor!

Last year, Dad and Mom decided to remodel the kitchen and pantry. One of the reasons we were going to remodel those two rooms, was the floor. The floor was not waterproof, and it was starting to fade and bubble up from multiple water spills. We started on the pantry first because it was smaller and required less work.

The first step we took on reconstructing the room, was to move everything from it, including our two freezers. We took many baskets and loaded them with the things from the freezers so they would not be so heavy to move. 

We also emptied all the shelves and put the things from them in baskets and crates. After everything was removed from the shelves and freezers, we took them out of the pantry. The last thing we took out, was the deep freeze. It was difficult to remove the deep freeze because it was so long, but after a while, we finely got it out. 

Everything was out of the pantry, but it was put all throughout the house. 

It looked a mess.

Our second step was to take out the floor and to reinsulate the ceiling. 

We started by taking up the floor, and then after the floor was out, we began on the ceiling. We took down the ceiling, then put up more insulation, then repainted the ceiling, and put it back up. 

Next, we needed to paint the walls and install the new floor.

We painted the walls white, the original color, because white went well with the color of the floor. After the walls were painted and the paint was dry, we began installing the new floor. 

The floor required a little more time, because it had to be laid perfectly so there would not be any big gaps where any of the floorboards connected. We worked for a long time cutting, fitting, and tapping the floorboards so they would fit just perfectly in to place. When we finished laying the floorboards, we had only one more step to do, putting everything back in the pantry.

We bought new cabinets for the pantry, and they were one of the first things to go in. The next things were the freezers, then the shelves, then the canned foods. The frozen foods went into the freezers and the flour and oil went into the new cabinets.

We had finally remodeled the pantry, and it looks nice. Our next big step was to install the new floor in the kitchen.    

~Samuel