We thought our house had good potential- good bones- and this week they were exposed! The workers showed up Tuesday morning and made a lot of progess. It was really exciting to see. The big accomplishments of the week were removing the siding and stucco from the house, opening the front porch, removing almost all the plaster interior walls, and removing the wall that was enclosing the stairway. I think they filled at least two 30 foot dumpsters. They're doing a good job of keeping our home pretty clear, but the dust is inevitable.
Here's a shot of the newly exposed staircase. It'll look even nicer when that door is repaced by a window for morning light. The exterior staircase to that door has already been demolished.
We've been sleeping on the air mattress again, which is pretty comfortable. However I don't like the idea of sleeping right on all that dust (created from tearing down the plaster walls), so before going to sleep, I have to mop the floor. Never did I imagine that part of my "getting ready for bed" routine would involve mopping! We slept in the future kitchen Friday night, as shown below, since we thought it was the most insulated at this point. In some rooms, there are missing windows or exposed gaps in the walls. However, I still woke up freezing at about 3am, but didn't want to go to the trouble of finding my shoes, the flashlight and the heavier blanket in the basement. After shivering for 2 hours, W rolled out of bed and grabbed the down comforter.
It's hard to see the layout, but you can see all 3 remaining bedrooms and 2 closets on the second floor in this photo.
We were looking around the house at the progress and noticed some newspapers that were lining the floor of the attic. They were from 1969! I realize that's not all that old, but it was funny to see how untouched the house has been for so many years. Plus I got a kick out of the wedding announcement pictures.
