Moving Right Along . . . .

Ok, we're just wrapping up the first week of being on site and things are looking pretty good - as usual, right? :) Right. You can start to see how the space is being impacted by the removal of certain walls and how the light is affecting the area as well. Here . . . let me show you what I mean:


As you look from the dining room in the picture above, you can see how the removal of the old kitchen wall and small pantry open things up. If you look on the floor, you can see the 2x4's layed down in the footprint of the future pantry. Check out all that daylight - awwwe yeaaahh. Ok, sorry about that.







Now if you look to the right from about the same spot as that last photo, here's what you see. The old dropped ceiling is torn out and you can imagine how the space will feel when all the ceiling planes are at the same level. Keep your eye on the kitchen window through the process as one point of reference.

Now we'll look from the small living room in this next photo.

In this shot you can see the temporary kitchen all set up in the background as well as what used to be the kitchen. I gotta say, I still can't get over how the field guys keep the "construction site". If any of you have ever been in construction - you gotta give props here. These guys are silly awesome. I also want to point out the wall behind the temporary fridge - notice how it's covered in OSB? Well that's because the wood veneer needs to be protected. Cool, eh?

Here we have a shot looking back to the dining area and the new pantry. Again, look on the floor to see the footprint of the walls that will be going up.

Looks like we actually tore down the old hallway walls too rather than trying to keep them. Cool.

I gotta interject my thoughts here . . . when I look at these photos I wish I could share it with more people. Especially those thinking of doing a remodel. I'm just reminded of how a remodel is so much more than the final picture - it's a process and a relationship between homeowner and remodel company.

I have to admit - it's stuff like this that's so hard to convey to people when I first meet with them. Especially without them thinking I'm full of garbage or just blowing hot air about "oh, we're the best , blah, blah, blah". It's way bigger than that - people need to really make sure they're comfortable with the remodeler/designer and that the company will meet or exceed their expectations during construction. Ok, that's a total tangent that should be in another posting or something. I'll break that down some other time :) Have a great weekend everyone!!!