Under the Old Kitchen Cabinets

The flooring was interesting too...

But first I should explain that when we got our puppy, he ripped up a large portion of the tan linoleum (which is why you can see the plywood in the shot above!)

We weren't about to replace the flooring with the kitchen renovation approaching, but it's been one of those things we've been stepping over & cringing every day since!

Well, underneath the cabinets, we now see that they installed plywood around the cabinets and on top of another layer of linoleum!  If I would have known that, I'd have ripped up the ugly tan floor & the plywood months ago!!!

Not that the older linoleum was much better- a funky blue, yellow & gold sparkle... but at least it would have been in one piece!

I think it's a little ironic that I'm planning on the new kitchen's colors being gray, blue & yellow!

We also found some "plaid" stamps under the cabinets... I'll have to research around what years these were issued.

Attached to one of the cabinets we found a sticker that must have been from when the cabinets were re-finished.  It gives the name of a previous owner that bought the house in 1997, so we know the last kitchen renovation must have been sometime after that.