In any remodel there are surprises -- any time you open walls, it's inevitable. This one was a doozy, though. After measuring for and purchasing and taking delivery of our cabinets, counting on an extra 8 inches of wall space after removing the drop ceiling, we find there are load bearing beams in the way. Oops. OK, after another look, James, our head guy, decides one of them is definitely not load bearing and will go to City Hall and find plans to determine if the other one is. So maybe we won't have to replace 30% of our cabinets...
Then there's the mold, which I don't really want to think too much about.
Also, there's supposed to be a separate circuit for the kitchen outlets, fridge, disposal, dishwasher and microwave; in ours all five of those are on one. So now we need a whole new box or something, and that's going to be expensive.
On a worse-things-could-happen note, the placement of the door between the kitchen and the dining room will probably force the departure of our dining room corner cabinet. This isn't horrible, but kind of a bummer because we looked a while for the perfect piece and ended up getting an unfinished cabinet, which we spent a lot of time staining a gorgeous red. It looks like it's part of the house. On the plus side, if we get another naked piece of furniture (very economical), we have the tools (sander) and the know-how to do it right and not have it take forever.
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