September 09, 2008

DEMOLITION DAYDREAMS

I came home and found what normally would be the wall for the bathroom was now an open landscape of destruction! Turning the corner to the front bedroom of the third floor, only the wall separating the future bedroom from the stairwell remained. A view back toward the back of the third floor felt like this was someone else’s home.

Looking up was an astonishing site. We always had a dropped ceiling, with a plaster ceiling about a foot higher. Our architect suggested taking the new master bedroom ceiling all the way up to the rafters, I’m glad we agreed. The third floor has been removed and the second floor is on the chopping block. The plan was to demo the back half of the second floor and begin removing the old windows and replacing with new frames and plywood. It’s going to look ugly for a while.

Even the front room was not immune to some demo. The windows are being replaced and the floors are being refinished. The room is also the holding place for the claw foot tub that will be reused on the new bathroom.

The front of the house looks like a couple of teeth have been busted out. Not sure how long the plywood will be in place, but it will give people sitting at the intersection something to talk about.