Days 1 & 2

The first couple days were tedious. I first draw my kitchen on a piece of paper. Then I numbered every cabinet and drawer in my drawing. Then I took a piece of painter's tape and stuck it on that cabinet/drawer and numbered it according to my drawing. I took off every hinge, screw, baby-safe latch, drawer glide, knob, handle and put it in that cabinet/drawer number's Ziploc bag. I have a basket full of 38 baggies.

Anytime I wash, sand or paint or do anything to a cabinet that requires taking off that number, it goes back on immediately after. This way there is no confusion. This way I can hate cabinet #20 forever because it is the trickiest cabinet door to work with.

After numbering everything, I took it all into the garage. I bought the big rolls of thick brown paper from HDepot and covered my kitchen floors and taped it down with painter's tape.



We are currently getting our baking dishes from the garage, our plates and bowls from the laundry room and our cooking utensils from the pantry. But, we are surviving.