Recent Demo Updates

The blog posts have been few and far between, but I've been trying to keep up with demolition in my free time. Scott doing more demo = saving money later. Here are some views into the destruction zone lately:

Kitchen. The half-demo'd wall is looking into the laundry room. Apparently this is a load-bearing wall so I stopped there.
The bulkhead around the perimeter of the kitchen was on the demo list, so that was part of the project. 

It's getting bigger: 
now the bulkhead is gone, already creating a larger feel to the kitchen. The new cabinets will go to the ceiling too. The wall on the left in the photo will be pushed back 2.5 feet to widen the kitchen and allow for an island in the middle.











Because I'm obsessed with organization and neatness even in demo, I separated the metal, wood and scraps into piles. I'm pretty sure everything will go into the dumpster, so I might have OCD. 

The master bath shower enclosure was on the demo list, so that's now gone. Already feels twice as large there. The wall on the right in the photo will be pushed out a few feet to create a large walk-in shower with three windows for natural light. These windows will face west for evening sun...

The hall closet was lined in cedar. I tried to preserve it to reuse in a new closet, but I was losing patience and the cedar was mostly toothpicks by the time I wrangled it from the wall. At least I tried. This closet will be removed and a circular wall will take its place to create an interesting entry hallway that opens onto the corridor toward the bedrooms. 

The next demo post will include photos from the living and dining room ceiling, which is being removed to raise the roof and create a great room. Stay tuned.