Our first thought was to raise it up all the way to the height of the rest of the downstairs living area (as mentioned in other posts), but because we have some plumbing that drops low from the upstairs bathroom, that couldn't happen unless we also built fake rafters to hide some of the piping. The other idea was to do an industrial style and leave everything open, but for a kitchen, this just didn't fit with our style.
After cutting small holes in the ceiling, my dad was able to blow most of the insulation out of our way and into other areas of the attic space using a leaf blower. This way, we could peek around in the area above the kitchen without it snowing glass fragments on us. This seems counter productive because it got EVERYWHERE when he was using the leaf blower, but they used so much blown in insulation that it had to be done before opening up the entire ceiling. After most of it was moved, we took down the ugly box-light fixture (which was actually really easy to do!)
We didn't prepare well for all the falling insulation so I gave my dad a scarf to wear over his face to protect him from the falling flakes 😂😂
When Brad got home, things really got serious. Brad likes to get things done like I do, and they kinda just went for it!
They boys started making chalk lines and cutting away the ceiling drywall, avoiding the beams that were there until they could look at what they were meant for. It turned out, none of the ones directly above the kitchen are supporting, so they took them out, one by one, as they cut!
Basically, they created a disaster zone...
While all of this is going on, I was off painting the entire down stairs and ripping out siding from the bathroom wall, as seen in previous posts.
So, after cutting out as far as they could to one of the main support beams, they reached a stopping point.
Before they can start drywalling, we need to fit all of the light fixtures into the places we want them and rerout the electrical wires for the light switches for them. The details aren't all worked out yet, but we think we want 4 recess lights in the ceiling and then rope lighting above the new cabinets!
Once we pick out the lights we want, I will post an update. Until then, wish us luck with the Bunker disaster kitchen!
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