Demo Weekend - Friday Night

We are FINALLY remodeling. The remodeling we are doing is something we have been talking about since we moved into the house 8 years ago. We put it off until the kids were older. And that time has come! This weekend is the demo. I hope to blog enough to keep you all updated. As for what we are planning, it is actually more than the kitchen. We are replacing the floors on the entire first floor, except for the family room. The bathroom and laundry rooms are being remodeled, but most work is in the kitchen. It is so strange for the work to actually begin, since it has been a distant project for so long.

Here is what everything looked like Friday night, before demo really started. There are things EVERYWHERE in the house. We started emptying the cabinets and closets earlier this week. That stuff is going in random places, or in the family room.

Before picture of the kitchen. If you can call this tiny room a kitchen.

Looking from the kitchen into the family room.

Behind the pantry is the most awkward entrance into the kitchen, and requires you to walk through the laundry room. Beyond that is the dining room.

From the hallway, looking into the kitchen.

The laundry room. That door goes into the garage.

The width of the laundry room. It is awkward for two people to be in there, and impossible for someone to do the laundry when another person is in the room.

From the entry to the dining room. On the other side of the wall is the laundry room.

Same room, just different angle.

Laundry room coming in from the garage.

Front door/entry. The dining room is to the right, living room on the left.

Entry/front door from the kitchen. The bathroom is the open door on the right.

Bathroom.

From the kitchen, looking at the basement door. The light is coming from the bathroom.

The living room from the family room. Kevin was (kind of) standing in front of the fire place when he took this.

Same spot, turned to look into the bathroom and kitchen.

From living room into dining room.

Stairs and living room. (With some Halloween cobwebs still in place.)

From the front door. Dining room is on the left, living room on the right, and kitchen in the back. Handsome man up top.

I plan to update a few more times this weekend to show how much we get done!!!