3 Week Update

Well after 3 weeks we still aren't living in the house.  They have finished the floors and most of the baseboards and crown molding.  They also added the drywall where the wood paneling was and to the kitchen ceiling.  They still have more sanding and painting to do and hopefully they will be able to start on the cabinets by Wednesday.  Keep your fingers crossed!

Our new header and post.

 The cutest construction worker.

 Finished floors, baseboards and crown molding.

The wood panel wall.  This is such a small change but seems so drastic to me after looking at the ugly paneling for 8 years.  I love it!

New recessed lighting in the kitchen.  I got an email about my pendant lights for the breakfast bar yesterday.  For those that don't know - they came damaged back in the beginning of December.  I went through the return process and was then told they were backordered until January 20th.  I sent them an email on the 23rd asking for the status and was told they would ship on the 30th.  Now I got an email saying they are backordered until February 15th!  Very frustrating.

 New beam and post with drywall.

What a difference a day makes

Well we've officially begun renovations!  It's amazing how quickly a house can be demolished.  If only they could put it back together as quickly!  We've got one week under our belt and have already encountered our first hiccup.  I think we took it in stride and have made arrangements to work around it. 

So far they have removed all the tile, popcorn ceiling, crown molding and demo'ed the kitchen.  Part of the wall in the kitchen has come down but it is load bearing and the posts are exactly where we didn't want them to do be.  We did a little reconfiguring to the layout and a new support beam and post should be put in on Monday.

Please excuse how dark some photos are - I only get to see the progress in the evening and the electricity isn't always on :)

House all cleared out...

 So that's where all the furniture went!  All the bedrooms look like this...

 No more wood paneling.  This will be the new TV wall.

Good-bye 80s drop down ceiling.  It didn't seem like the drop down was concealing any duct work - I guess it was purely decorative :)

 My nemesis wall...

 A sneak peek to the tile that they are hopefully starting to install on Monday.