If these walls could talk . . . (100th post!)

They'd probably be screaming right now. Kitchen Remodel '08 has officially begun.
First step: remove all the wainscotting from the walls.
Because we live in a ~90 year old house (plaster walls) removing wainscotting is no easy task. Sometimes the plaster came off as the wood was removed, other times we had to chistle it off with a hammer and 7-in-1 tool. We expected to find lathe around the entire kitchen, but the exterior walls had some sort of pressed fiber board with cement and plaster over it. Once the plaster came down the fiber board was very flimsy, so it had to go too. Will worked out a system where he simply cut sections of the wall out and them ripped it down while I vacuumed out the old insulation.
Always wear your PPE! We have quite a lot of work left. Every weekend between now and the end of October is booked with kitchen work or travel.
Last but not least, since it's my 100th post, I'm going to be doing a give-away. Leave a comment (with your name) in this post before mid-night Thursday night (9/4) and I'll randomly draw a winner Friday morning. The winner will get something handmade especially for them.

More kitchen pics here.