Kitchen war... Chewed Up

One of the things about rehabbing a foreclosed, former rental home, even though the home is structurally sound, so much of the home was abused... doors busted up and then pieced back together, corners knocked off cabinets, plaster busted out, molding beat up and door frames chewed up by puppies.

We've gone through pails of spackling and tubs of wood putty taking care of cosmetic issues.  Like the corner of the kitchen cabinet...

Rebuilt with wood putty...

Who knows how the edge of this door was chewed up about 3 1/2 foot up from the floor.

Rebuilt and holes around door knob patch filled in.

I'm still trying to figure out what they beat on this piece of wood with to make all this dents... and how long and often.

These holes are being patched so they can be sanded before we start painting the rest of the floor.  Later on, for the chewed up areas on the wood which will remained stained and not painted, I'll have to experiment with stainable wood putty to see if the corners can be rebuilt satisfactorily or whether I'll just have to sand them down and leave the rounded.

We also went ahead and purchased the small cabinet which will go between the refrigerator and stove so I can figure out where the supports for the suspended shelves will have to be.

We also finished up painting the cabinet doors so they could be put back on the pantry before we continued with sanding the floor.

...and found out that the pieces of the sheet of plyboard stuck to the doors, giving me some more touch up work.

Once the doors were back on the pantry (I still need to do the drawers), I cranked up the palm sander and got to prepping the floor.

Gumbo and Copper were waiting on the sander being cranked back up so they can attack it and eventually chase it away.