I guess it's too late to change my mind?

We have finally decided on that question of whether we should renovate or move to get the kitchen we want.  It took us quite a while to get to this point.  A lot of back and forth on whether we really needed the cost and the upheaval that goes along with a reno.

Over and over I told myself that I could survive with the limited counter space.  Then I would cook something more involved than toast and would swear at the lack of room.  I should say that my style of cooking generally involves making 5 things at once under the theory ... I'm here anyway dirtying dishes and the oven is hot, so let's go.  It is impossible to make 5 things in a kitchen with limited counter space and not swear.  Home cooks in Paris would think my original counter space a luxury, I am sure.  Another reason why we didn't need to renovate.  And so it goes.

Then there were the conversations about whether we should just move.  But our house is the perfect size for the two of us otherwise.  We love our garden.  We have good neighbours.  And if we move, it's not like we'll save money ... the new house would be more expensive and something would have to be renovated, likely the kitchen.  So we finally took the plunge.

I would say that after the rip out started, I questioned our sanity.  Everything had to come down for various reasons.  The insulation came out, primarily because it would have fallen out when the ceiling came down but there was the added benefit of cleaning up the stuff left behind by some racoons that decided that our attic would make a nice refuge a few years ago.  We now have all sorts of racoon prevention devices under the new roof we did after that.  Who knew racoons could chew through shingles and wood?

Back to the reno.  What a difference a week makes.  We now have no interior walls on the main floor.  Drywall is up and it is starting to look like a house again.  I can see it finished in my mind again.  The stress is not over but at least now it is tinged with excitement and not fear.