Taking shape..!

Finally things are moving away from Demo and reconstruction has picked up this week!! and I think I am finally up to "real time" with these photos! exciting.  Stairs to the basement were replaced with new boards and we have tons of tiles laid around the bathroom!! Ending of Month 1 and things are picking up! Although Mika is not transitioning as well (no surprise.), since we still find her asleep on the upstairs beds (even though they are covered with plastic)...and yes, she somehow moves the plastic to find a pillow.

21 Days

Stairs after carpet was ripped off!
Miraculous find - An antique playing card!
ignore what used to be a living room and check out the ripped windows
plastic...everywhere
close up of ripped out frame

Three weeks in, and our window frames throughout the entire house were ripped out...interesting little finds in those crevices.  Again, thanks to that non permit rebel contractor we had! Our place is a mess (so ignore if possible) and is in a constantly shifting state.  The stairs down to the basement which were formally covered with a fuzzy green (ew) carpet was ripped off and revealed really nice old wood underneath.  So nice, there was a playing card from 1904 stuck onto one of the steps still - 5 of spades I think.  Dusty old dirty stairs and some busted windows are added to the mix! Quite the adventure although, strangely enough it's great to come home and see what the new surprise is.  Hopefully the part is coming up where humpty dumpty is about to get put back together again...!  :)

14 days in...

Tiles were put down with grout! LOVE GROUT! and they started framing out the upstairs closet, and putting things on the walls and framings in the bathrooms! Sorry, no clue on what the "technical terms" for these things are. In the basement (yes, that frightening photo is our new living quarters), they have started putting official coverings in for the ducts since our original contractor never did things with permits! Hot dogs mixed with beans and mac and cheese are becoming a favorite since we have one pot. I feel as though even with my limited cooking capabilities that is still sinking to a new low. Luckily we have great friends to go play with nightly!!

Ending of the 1st week...

Though these pictures are a bit out of order (I have no clue how to blog)... Day 4 we had the wall in our bedroom knocked out (will become a lovely walk in closet!!), and Day 5, Joe no longer had to carry B or Mika across the planks, and a "floor" was put down! Who knew slabs of wood would make us so happy!!

Rippin' & Runnin'!

Kitchen floor ripped up!


Bathroom - sans toilet, vanity, shower/tub!
Demolition started the first week of July, and within Days 1, 2, & 3 the floors and walls of our old kitchen and bathroom were ripped apart. It was quite the archeological site, with all these crazy findings. In our kitchen we saw the exposed 100+ year old floor beams as well as gas lines that, back in the day, used to light all the lanterns in the house! In the upstairs bathroom, we found layers upon layers of old wall paper, the most recent being the vines and grapefruit colored flowers! It was neat, even with the now dusty "plastic wrapped" house!