Victory!

As part of the flurry of home-improvements that have been made here at Chez My Parents, we are getting new kitchen counter-tops installed this coming monday. This is very thrilling, especially since it necessitated some demolition on my part!

In preparation for the installation, I had to take out (intact) two decorative columns that sit on top of the buffet portion of the counter. The whole process was actually quite cathartic, and only involved one major injury on my part (don't worry, I'm fine now).

The very attractive metal pipe I revealed:

What's interesting about this particuliar project is that I've realized that I'm not really a "right tool for the job" kind of girl. I find myself more to be a "whatever metal thing I find in the house" sort of person. I've included a photo of all of the things I used to pry apart the columns.
for general consumption.

I don't even know what all of these tools are:
(but I'm pretty sure one is an "over-door hanger" for increasing closet space)