Let the demolition begin!

After a fall, winter, spring, and summer of dreaming, scheming, and cleaning everything out of this house, we finally began demolition on August 15th. Here are some pictures from the first few weekends of demolition.

We'll start with a little shout out to our contractor, David Pine, in case you missed his modest sign.

One last look at the front with windows.

So long old front porch

back of the house (notice the bathtub of the roof)

Back view....back addition removed!

patchwork wallpaper behind upstair closet

Mummy Squirrel

 HERE BEGINS A LOOK AT ALL OUR EXPOSED BRICK WALLS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE SO HARD TO COVER UP. THE HOUSE FEELS SO OPEN AND LOFT-LIKE.

view down front hallway (to what would have been the back addition)

view under the stairs into front living room

back of the kitchen looking into the hallway

view from dining room looking back towards the kitchen

Upstairs room above the living room (view from hallway). Clearly the walls are missing.

back bedroom above the kitchen

looking towards the front of the house from the back upstairs room above the kitchen

Looking towards the back of the house from the front bedroom above the dining room

Bead board ceilings! We're going to try to keep these upstairs.

upstairs room above living room looking towards hallway and other bedroom.

view from the top of the stairs looking towards the front door