Here we are, back at it again! This time I wanted to re-do the ceiling, but I'd always wanted to take out the soffits above the cabinets, and this was the prime time to do so! The first thing we did was take the piece of sheet rock that had been placed on the end of the stove side soffit. This was the result of the wall that we took out 10 years prior. We'd never gotten around to doing more than tacking up the square of sheetrock, so it was easy to take down. Thankfully there was nothing inside and we were free to proceed with that side. Removing the framework was the most challenging, but with some patience, a handy sawzall, and my trusty wiggle tool, we were able to get it taken apart in no time. We then took some scrap sheet rock and filled in the openings. We weren't worried about the ceiling too much, but we did need to make the wall look nice. We placed a 2x4 across the top to help hold the board in while we were attaching it. Now that we knew it would work,