Our Game Plan!

Our current kitchen and living space downstairs needs a complete overhaul! Our plan is to tackle the entire first floor all at once, adding a new kitchen, half bathroom and expanded living space. Since Chris and I are tackling the project ourselves... it may be a long road, but we are going to keep looking for the light at the end of the tunnel! This blog will allow us to share our experiences and keep our family and friends up to date with the progress.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Excavation & Footings

We can't thank our family and friends enough for all their help this weekend.  You dedicated your weekend to us.... we wouldn't have been able to do this with out you...

We hope your not in too much pain on Monday ;)









Sunday, March 21, 2010

Ready to Dig...






Cookouts? Maybe Next Summer...

Our deck is officially gone... this will allow the guys to dig the foundation next weekend.




Chris + Power Tools

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Weekend Warriors

Our plan is to expand our living space out onto our back porch. 
This weekend we worked on removing all the paneling and 3 layers of shingles underneath. 






Hidden Treasure or Junk?

We were hoping to find a piece of history in the walls of our 1910 home... Instead this is all we found! 

Creamery Label:


Beehives:


Lots of Knob and Tube wiring
We were happy to pull this out!


Saturday, March 6, 2010

Demolition - Day I - Part Two

We had some extra crew members in the afternoon.... thanks to Patrick and Rob for giving us a hand! We were able to get the entire living/dining room and kitchen gutted today! Such great progress. 









Demolition - Day I

Thank you to our crew! (Craig, Mike & Dad)
We have the entire living & dining room gutted and it's only lunch time! 




Friday, March 5, 2010

Game On!

Well it's official.... the project has started. The dumpster arrived this morning which means we can begin demo tomorrow. Emma wasn't so sure about the truck being here this morning....





Monday, March 1, 2010

Demolition - Part I

Well Chris and Mike couldn't help themselves this weekend and decided to start destroying our kitchen! It was so exciting to see the first cabinets come down!





Temporary Kitchen!

Over the weekend Chris was able to set-up a temporary kitchen on our front porch for us to use while we are renovating. I have to say... it may be more functional than our original kitchen! Our first meal from the temporary kitchen was stuffed peppers :)