demo begins.

It's official demo weekend, as we were officially approved for our permit this week and are ready to get going on the house renovation/addition. We did some "fine" demo on Friday night, unhooking electrical and taking down some molding that we are saving. Then things begin in earnest on Saturday with the help of an excavator and some ABSOLUTELY wonderful extra handy men... we can't thank you enough! Let's just say that when we started we had a pretty crappy bathroom, hallway and kitchen, and now we have none of those any more at all... all we have to show for that space is a HUGE pile of debris. More pictures to come, but just a little tiny taste here... original shot of the hallway (after Friday night):

The hallway after a little knocking on the exterior back wall with the excavator:

The first room, after.

Here is the tan room, updated. Basically a little cleaning goes a long way. We painted but did not change the color very much, and added a fresh coat of white to the ceiling and trim.

New faux wood blinds in each window.

APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!

after a Looooong board of adjustments meeting this morning, our request for a minor special use permit was approved! (the hour+ long haggling that proceeded our case, also known as case number one, was not approved... ouch!)

the work begins in earnest this weekend and i'm so relieved! the approval means that we can build the house we want (featured in the plans from the earlier post), adding an extra bedroom, bathroom and dining room.

Here We Go.

Without our special permit in hand, we've still been hard at work over the last month and a half fixing up room 1 that we're keeping in the existing house. This is the first room to the left as you head into the house. It is the room that needs the least amount of work, and it's taken us about a month and half to paint. whoops! below are some before pictures.

Light tan needs a new paint job, door is missing to hallway, but otherwise in decent shape from this angle.

Awesome original fireplace to be kept intact, horribly weird closet to be corrected.