Demo Day!

It's been about 48 hours since the beginning of demolition.  It seems longer.

This is the first time I've felt like looking at pictures and editing them (poorly) to put up and document the process.  I was beat at the end of the day Friday, and compared to the guys actually demoing/framing, I didn't do anything.

This is the view from the living room looking towards the office/kitchen.  By the end of the day, the painted paneling was gone, the arches were patched and the first coat of mud was on the wall.  It looks better already. The temporary door fascinates the cats.  They know something is happening on the other side. We've had to put a rug up against it to keep them from trying to dig into the work area.

This is a before/during/after view over 12 hours.

This gives a little bit of the idea of the barrel vault that will be over the island.  It'll all make sense later.

Here is the faux bay window that will be a single picture window when we're done.

Lumber delivery. This was not this guy's first day on the job! The way he handled this thing up and down the driveway was pretty impressive.  Very cool lifter/loader thingy.  Yes, I do believe the accepted trade term for it is 'lifter/loader thingy'.  If not, it should be.

According to the metadata from Carla's camera, it was exactly 9 hours from drop-off to pick-up.  That is our old 1974 kitchen driving away.  The dumpster was working under 'don't ask, don't tell'.  The city of Arlington doesn't allow dumpsters on the street, they have to be on the property or driveway, neither of which is an option on our lot.  The contractor's usual dumpster company agreed to do a single day drop-off and I guess just not tell anyone.  Works for me!  The other option would have been to make trips to the dump all day long in the Mazda pickup. That would not have been fun.