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Young House Love » Our Second House » Opening The Kitchen Wall To Make A Doorway

| By Sherry Petersik | November 9, 2011 | 169 Comments

Opening The Kitchen Wall To Make A Doorway

Other potential titles for this post:

  • Holy Schnikies
  • I (Almost) See The Light
  • The Sweetest Sound = A Power Saw
  • Best Day Ever!!!!

SteveDemo 1 Paneling Down

This post could be called a tease but I like to consider it a keeping-you-posted thing. So many folks are wondering what’s going on around here, so a picture’s worth a thousand words, right? More pics and deets later!

Psst- To anyone wondering about the vents, there’s more info on how we’ve dealt with those here. As for the electrical wire, ours guy’s coming out to get on that.

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Comments

  1. Amanda @ Our Humble A{Bowe}d says

    November 9, 2011 at 9:58 am

    Almost there! Isn’t it crazy that tearing something out can be so exciting?!? You’ll love how big of a difference it makes!

    Reply
  2. Pip says

    November 9, 2011 at 9:59 am

    So exciting! Bring it down baby!!

    Reply
  3. Deb D. says

    November 9, 2011 at 9:59 am

    Can’t wait to see the demo!!

    Reply
  4. Mandy says

    November 9, 2011 at 9:59 am

    Ahhhh its really happening!! How can I be this excited for someone else’s renovations??

    Reply
    • LauraElle says

      November 9, 2011 at 10:10 am

      I know this one!!! Because it’s not your mess to clean up, LOL. ;P

      I’m always more excited about other people renovations.

    • Clare says

      November 9, 2011 at 10:12 am

      YES I feel the same way. J&S – SO excited!!! I check back for updates every day!

  5. nikki says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:00 am

    What a tease!!!

    Reply
  6. Sarah says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:00 am

    !!!!!

    Reply
  7. Alina says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:00 am

    Dying. to. see.

    Reply
  8. [email protected] says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:00 am

    Awesome! Good luck yall!

    Reply
  9. Lisa says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:01 am

    this is so awesome – and inspirational!!

    Reply
  10. Korinne Barry says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Wahoooo! So excited for you guys! You probably have those worker boys in stitches with how giddy you are. Love it!

    Reply
  11. nikki says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:02 am

    Very exciting!

    Reply
  12. Tanya says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:02 am

    OMG so exciting and you’ve just left us hanging……

    Reply
  13. kayakgirl73 says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:02 am

    It’s started. Hooray!

    Reply
  14. Monica says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:03 am

    Tease! Can’t wait to see that wall ripped down!

    Reply
  15. ESBlondie says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:04 am

    I remember the excitement when we took our kitchen wall out!! Yay for the walls coming down :)

    Reply
  16. Meagan says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:04 am

    I love that y’all do real time, but, man, don’t you wish real time was faster! Haha. I’m dying for this wall to come down! Can’t wait!

    Reply
  17. Kelly says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:04 am

    OMG. IT’S ALL HAPPENING!

    ::ahem::

    (sorry for shouting)

    Reply
  18. Allison says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Holy wall-opening Batman!

    Reply
  19. Kristen@Turning a House into a Home says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Yay! I have a picture of you in my mind of you peeking around the plastic tarps and corners to spy on the progress all day. Have fun!!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 9, 2011 at 10:11 am

      Yup, that’s me. Spying, calling John, taking camera phone pics for him, taking regular pics for you guys on the good camera, repeat.

      xo,
      s

    • Hilary says

      November 9, 2011 at 10:27 am

      Ha! I see this too. Does your demo team know about the blog? Can’t wait to see the updates!! :)

    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 9, 2011 at 11:30 am

      Yup, we told Steve about it before he began (we like to tell people just so we don’t feel like we’re hiding something from them). He seemed ok with it but probably still thinks I’m a little crazy to keep taking pics and calling John every five minutes. Hahah.

      xo,
      s

  20. Bridgette says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:05 am

    Woohoo!! Congrats!

    Reply
  21. John@Our Home From Scratch says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:05 am

    Open Sesame perhaps?

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 9, 2011 at 10:10 am

      Haha- that works too.

      xo,
      s

    • heather says

      November 9, 2011 at 10:55 am

      totally my vote for the follow up post when it’s opened.

    • Emily says

      November 9, 2011 at 5:20 pm

      What about “I can see clearly now the wall has gone”?

    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 9, 2011 at 5:39 pm

      Haha- that’s hilarious!

      xo,
      s

  22. Marie says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:06 am

    You would swear this was my house I’m so excited! Can’t wait to see the next update : )

    Reply
  23. Kay says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:06 am

    Woo hoo!!!! “Bringin down the wall!” (to the tune of ‘Burnin down the house’)

    Reply
  24. Amanda says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:06 am

    You should of made it “The Sweetest Sound = A Power Saw” change it! Change it now! No one will notice! Hahaha. :) Have fun Sherry!

    Reply
  25. Wom-mom Ethne says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:06 am

    I’d say even though we can’t see through all the way yet, there never should’ve been a wall there in the first place. Can’t wait to see.

    Reply
  26. Katherine says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:07 am

    woohoo! so exciting!

    Reply
  27. Linda says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:07 am

    Thanks for the update. A picture is worth a thousand words!

    Reply
  28. Erin @ One Project at a Time says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:08 am

    I can’t wait to see the light flood through there. Your kitchen is going to feel SO much bigger and brighter.

    Reply
  29. Marian says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:10 am

    Such. A. Tease.

    Reply
  30. Elizabeth says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:12 am

    Exciting!

    Reply
  31. Karen F says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:14 am

    Wooooo!
    Holy schnikies – LOL! I say that all the time!

    Reply
  32. Becky says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:16 am

    Can’t wait to see it finished! The final reveal will be like when the mice show Cinderella her finished dress. haha yeah, I’m a dork :)

    Reply
  33. Sabrina G says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:16 am

    so envious! cant wait to see the light!

    Reply
  34. Miranda @boucksy says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:17 am

    This IS the biggest tease!! But I am SO excited to see that other portion of drywall in the dining room to be removed so we can SEE THE LIGHT!!!!!

    Reply
  35. HeatherMB says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:18 am

    Holy Shnikies!! Ha ha ha! I love that movie!

    Congrats on the progress — excited to see how it turns out!

    Reply
  36. Christine says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:19 am

    I’m going to be checking in obsessively to see when the wall comes down! I hope you guys have the video camera ready when Burger first finds this big new door to run through!! He will love all the new patches of sunlight the new door will let through.

    Reply
    • Amanda (aka $herdog's dream BFF) says

      November 9, 2011 at 10:44 am

      haha me too Christine!
      I keep hitting F5 to refresh lol I don’t want to miss a thing!

  37. Natalia says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:21 am

    Ahhh!! Can’t wait to see the next pics!! So exciting :)

    Reply
  38. Cair says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:21 am

    Your kitchen is likely to go into shock when it gets all the sun light hiding behind that wall.

    Reply
  39. Christin says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:21 am

    Woot!

    I especially like the reference to “Holy Schnikies” – love it!

    Reply
  40. Karen says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:22 am

    I am LOVING your blog these days.. Nothing like a kitchen remodel. I truly appreciate the keeping it real blogging. You are giving me the joys of a major reno project without the mess – Thank you!

    Reply
  41. Morgan says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:23 am

    So exciting! We remodeled our downstairs a couple years ago since our house was built in ’75 when they loved to chop everything up into little rooms. It was so awesome to watch all those walls come down and then envision what it would look like finished. The not so fun part was being contained to our dining room. Can’t wait to see your finished product!

    Reply
  42. Regan @ RenovatingRothenbergers says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:24 am

    Sweeeeeeeet :)

    Reply
  43. Erin says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:26 am

    Wow that’s super exciting!! I can’t wait to tear down our kitchen wall next week! Just curious, what are you guys doing for kitchen space in the meantime? Is part of the kitchen blocked off with plastic and tape to keep the dust out? Is your kitchen temporarily relocated to another room? We’ll be making sandwiches and microwave meals in our living room throughout our renovation…ahhh reminds me of college.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 9, 2011 at 11:31 am

      Yup! Check out the post before this one for all the sealed-up details! We can still use the cooking part of the kitchen since it’s blocked off.

      xo,
      s

    • Erin says

      November 9, 2011 at 1:12 pm

      sike totally failed to scroll down to the next post before I posted my comment…nicely done! & LOVE the Dexter references.

  44. Amanda (aka $herdog's dream BFF) says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:26 am

    Oh. Em. Gee.

    C-a-n-n-o-t wait to see what comes next!!!

    So stinkin’ excited for you, bestie! :D

    Reply
  45. Hanna says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:29 am

    Yay! Congratulations!! You must be THRILLED!

    Curious — is any of the wall paneling that came down good enough to reuse? Could be nice on the backs of your peninsula cabinets? (I am a sucker for painted paneling and bead board!)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 9, 2011 at 11:29 am

      Yup! We definitely plan to reuse it for the half wall and other parts of the room!

      xo,
      s

    • Lindsay says

      November 9, 2011 at 12:58 pm

      Oh cool! I’d never even THOUGHT of that. Great plan! :)

  46. Micha says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Woo-hoo! Nothing better than bringing down walls :o)

    Reply
  47. Lindsey says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:31 am

    Come on $herdog, bust through that sheet rock with your body!!!

    Reply
  48. Katey says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:33 am

    Hey Sherry!

    We recently sold our house. I remember you guys doing something thoughtful for the new buyers when you sold yours.. but, that’s all I remember! Can you give me the link to that post? Love all the kitchen posts!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 9, 2011 at 11:28 am

      We left them a bottle of wine and a folder full of lots of house info (warranties for everything, lists of products we used to seal the bathroom tile and clean the granite, etc) with a little note to enjoy the house!

      xo,
      s

    • heather says

      November 9, 2011 at 12:15 pm

      That’s so sweet! Ours tried to leave us a vintage firetruck, a bunch of rocks in the yard, a large satellite dish, a broken above ground pool that was sunk 3ft into the ground for an “in-ground look”, some tires and grass so tall we had to bushhog it, because there was no way a mower could have cut it.

      Best previous homeowner gift ever.

  49. Original Ann says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Holy goodness, I cannot wait to see you do this! I’d be totally intimidated by those vents and wires!

    Reply
  50. mribaro says

    November 9, 2011 at 10:35 am

    PLUS – this is one short and sweet post – like a bonbon! I love it!

    Reply
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