Demolition Days

We finally vacated the property - thank goodness! 

I documented the empty house before we left.  Demolition started immediately.  Our contractor emails pictures daily. 

Here's a bunch of before & afters.  Catch your jaw before it drops to the floor ;)

First up, the staircase.  The only thing we're keeping intact on the whole first level.

Before

After

Uh, yeah...yikes!  Come on in a little further and have a look at the livingroom.

Before

After

Yes, that's scaffolding.  And, yes, those are multiple layers of ceiling on the floor.

Turn around and have a look at the dining room.

Before

After

Gonzo.  Look at all that light!  We're eliminating that small far right window for a range hood.  And replacing the window and door on the back wall with a slider and transom.  It will be a flood of light!!

Let's walk back into the kitchen. 

Before

After

All I can say is...look at that staircase!  I've never seen it from the kitchen!!

Quick, look to the right.

Before

After

Ok, found the chimney.  But we're hiding it again behind a powder room & pantry.

Walk forward to the shared wall and look toward the front door.

Before

After

Hallway be gone!  Almost.  But it will be, soon. 

So, what's going on upstairs?  Less wall removal.  Ok, I lied.

Guest Room Before

Guest Room After

The wall between the Guest and Boys rooms is gone.  It was side-by-side closets (one for each) that we've decided to swap.  Meaning, guest gets closet location that was boys and vice versa.  I'm so amazed by the demolition work that I don't make sense anymore.

You can see that we're replacing baseboards, leveling and installing new flooring up here.  Depending on the structural requirements for the main floor (we may scale back based on finding good, solid, shared-wall-to-outside-wall joists), the exterior walls may come down here, too.  Cross your fingers for spray foaming both floors ;)

That's it for before and afters.  But here's a parting shot of the entryway.  I've never seen this much exposed.  It was allllll walls before.  So, picture a big white wall connected to another white wall and a door.  Now this:

Entryway

Wow. 

Can it really get better than this!?!?