Ditchin' the Kitchen 2006: The Befores

In celebration of its 101st birthday, the Floyd House gets a new cookin' space. Farewell, tacky Pergo flooring. Adieu, awful makeshift cabinets. Hasta la vista, 29 electrical outlets (notorious throughout the neighborhood). Hello to a 21st century kitchen -- including, for the first time in this abode, an exhaust hood over the range.

All this in just eight weeks. (More or less.) (Probably more.)

Let us begin. First, the "before" shots ...