Friday, April 29, 2011

Well, Brian and I spent the day working on the demo process upstairs.  Things went pretty well, and we were able to start tossing things out the window onto the yard outside.  Our contractor just dropped off a trailer, so we will be able to load it up and take it to the dump - the alternative to spending tons of $$ on a dumpster!  Below are some photos and a couple videos of us in action.  Tomorrow is the big day, as my mom and sister Mandie are coming over to help out; Daniel may also make an appearance for a free toilet in exchange :-)  We are making progress!  Enjoy :)

The latest upstairs:





This used to be the closet: 




Here is the chimney that we exposed.  We're planning to push the wall (to the left) back and have the exposed chimney in the new bathroom.


This is the extra attic space that will become the expanded bathroom:



Chillin' :-)








Brian bought me a sledgehammer....I just wanted to be sure it worked!  Great stress reliever! 


The bedroom in pieces on our lawn!



Here are a couple of videos we took during our demo process:


*Please note that I am the stronger person here, as I am able to pull off 4 pieces of wood paneling at once, while Brian is struggling with one simple piece!  We also ran out of battery power, so Brian's video was cut a little short.....


Lots of love,

The Busy Bees

2 comments:

  1. Ha I loved the videos! Are you guys going to leave where the closet was and under the panneling open with the slanting?

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  2. I think so. We're meeting with our contractor today to start talking about some plans and busting out the bathroom. If that goes well, we'll have another closet too, since we're moving the bathroom wall a bit toward the east side of the house. We're planning to widen that hallway a little, so we'll lose about 2-3" of closet space, but will still have plenty of room to hang stuff.

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