1403 3 Ave N upstairs

This is a house built in 1906 at 1403 3 Ave. N., Coalbanks (later to become Lethbridge), AB, Canada. I bought the house in Dec. 2021 as a rental property. It has a 3-bedroom suite on the main floor and a 1-bedroom suite on the 2nd floor. This is the story of the upper suite (“up”).

kitchen renos

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Today FT and I removed the kitchen cabinet, a bunch of plaster, and flooring from the kitchen.  OMG, was that a lot of work.  There were 7 contractor bags of plaster and six layers of old flooring (seven if you count the 1/4″ particle board):

  • the original linoleum
  • another colourful lino on that
  • bright red tiles
  • a layer of 1/4″ particle board
  • more lino of yellow & brown
  • click-together wood laminate 

A before and after comparison: 

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kitchen plan, gas lines

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Here is my draft kitchen plan.  (Actually, technically, not a plan but an elevation, or section to be more precise).

But it will be up to my kitchen designer at Home Depot, 애린.  She will likely give a better design and tell me what I already know – that my design is crap.  But it’s a start.

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