GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh how quickly things change...

two weeks ago, this was our dining room

no this is not an episode of ghost hunters.

 this is now our dining room.

windows in the dining room. 

OH MY STARS!!!!! this is kinda nutty! this picture of the dining room shows the hole in the ceiling caused by rotten plaster from a leaky roof.  the roof is a total rebuild, as you know, and this yucky plaster couldn't stand up to the demolition. BUT its okay, because we were going to rip out that plaster anyway. so, we will call it "pre-demolition". 

demolition disaster

this picture is awesome!!!!  we are removing the trim in every room, one piece at a time, in order to save it. obviously (given the DISASTER seen on the floor in this picture) nick also had to rip down some old paneling (band aid), wallpaper (also a band aid), some old bars that were once over the windows. (really our neighborhood is safe. i promise).

oh, and of course the pile of insulation from the ceiling falling in...

trim removed, numbered and ready to be refinished

 nick has been carefully removing the trim from the dining room. he is numbering them and laying them aside. we will refinish the trim and rehang it once we have ripped out the old plaster, insulated and then come back in with drywall.

i don't know if i will ever stop taking pictures of this. i mean really!!!

after removing the window trim, nick found that the weights and the ropes from the old windows were still in the wall! cool!

sheesh...

wow! sometimes it is hard to believe that we are living in the other half of the house! its like opening the door to the twilight zone! the house is remarkably warm. there is still plenty of insulation above us and we are able to shut some doors to close off the demolished rooms.

 on the bright side. we are doing this right. we are hiring someone to replace the wiring in the front of the house, where it is needed, insulate (after we remove trim and plaster), and rehang drywall. this seems to be the worst part of the house as far as water damage goes. and we will be happy to let someone else manage the worst of it. soon we will have it back in good order! 

the roof is still in progress...i will post pictures later today!