Day Seven: Demo of the Den

See that beauful little orange cord going into our house? It's a beautiful site to us, as it's pumping in our neighbor's juice to power two fans they brought over since we have no electricity to be safe for demolition.

Sweetness made a few mid-week trips this week. There's less than a hour between the time he gets off work and the time the sun goes down on weekdays, so it's hard to get much done.

He's like a kid in a candy store with this house. In this clip, he tells us what he's been up to during his little mid-week trips.

The clip below is a clip from the middle of today, our seventh day of demolition.

Today's demo session wraps up in the dumpster below.




We also snapped some shots along the way today. Here is a link to the album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/picsoflindsey/DaySeven?authkey=Gv1sRgCOjh5qu98PvA5QE&feat=email#

In tomorrow's postings, we'll include more information in the last picture.

Walk It Like you Talk It

When it comes to home renovations, there are a couple of different approaches that can be taken.

Approach #1- Might involve as much as grabbing the yellow pages & turning to the section for "General Contractor" while buying extra memory for the camera.

Approach #2- While others (we'll call them "Real Men") open their toolboxes and roll up their sleeves.

We realize those people with little tools and pansies to plant might prefer Approach #1, so this bonus posting on our blog has been created to show them what it might be like if/when they grow up to be Real Men.

Below, we've posted a shot of the work in progress. (Hint: if you are too scared to even bother buying a big saw, it's likely a blessing in disguise you don't have one as it can do some real damage)

Lastly, based on popular demand, we've posted the end-of-day wrap up below (and, yes, it includes an appearance of the dumpster).

Imitation = Flattery

They say "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

They also say "the nut doesn't fall far from the tree"

I don't know if either of those statements are true, but I do know my Dad & step-mom Karen have posted a video to Youtube in which I would say he is mocking Ed & I if I didn't know better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGnUNPpLWkg

I've watched this a few times, and I'm still not sure whether to laugh or cry.

By the way- Watch our Intro to Day Five before you watch this.

Day Six: Living Room Demo

Today is the 6th day of Demo on the house, and today's goal is simply to tear apart the living room as we've already done in the bedrooms. Ed gives a quick overview here as we show the way it looks before our work begins.




In this video, I catch Sweetness taking down the ceiling. He is a stud. My job of taking down the walls was tough, but his job of reaching up all day while stuff came crashing down onto him was tougher.



Later in the day, I'm in the process of smashing out the living room wall & I hear glass break. I realized I was breaking the mirrored shelves in the den (what used to be a window was made into an enclave shelf), so I went into the den to pick up the mirror.

If you know Ed & me at all, I don't need to tell you he was not thrilled about my plan. He was afraid I would either hurt myself by not being able to kick out layers of concrete & drywall at all, or that I would hurt myself by getting my foot stuck.




Today's final video shows all the work done today.




Lastly, here are a few pics snapped along the way today.

http://picasaweb.google.com/picsoflindsey/DaySix?authkey=Gv1sRgCPyq-52O9dGGxQE&feat=email#

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Day Five: We have a Dumpster!

With two weekends of rest behind us, it was time to get back down to business today.

Many of you have asked, "What 'cha 'gonna do with all that junk?". The Man with the Plan tells us in his overview of the plan for Day Five.




And here is our end of day wrap up:



We've got a few pics posted, too:
http://picasaweb.google.com/picsoflindsey/DayFive?authkey=Gv1sRgCNKKv52-l7mRQw&feat=email#

Boy Howdie! Demo is a lot of work and we need a break!

So we completed four days of demo & decided it was time for some rest!

We took a week and a half off to go to a wedding of a dear friend in California, followed by a trip to visit my old stompin' grounds in Oklahoma, concluded wtih a trip up to Colorado to ride some dirt bikes with my family.

Day Four: Celing Demo

Day Four: The plan for today is shared.

Day Three: Kitchen Demo

The instructions are given for Day Three:

And here's a mid-day shot of the action

These are a few pics we snapped of Day Three: http://picasaweb.google.com/picsoflindsey/DayThree?authkey=Gv1sRgCOWO-7Tjsv3_Nw&feat=email#