Demolition Derby!

Our 4' x 8' front door - one of the only things we are keeping in the house!

The front staircase is also a keeper!

and it actually leads to the 2nd floor now!

future living room:

future dining room:

what not to do to a bearing wall:

or to floor joists. Yikes!

the future kitchen:

porch full o scrap

future master bedroom:

Jonah's future bedroom:

Isaac's future bedroom:

2nd floor hallway

future family room:

future office:

3rd floor bathroom:

 

moonshine anyone?

A very big Thank You goes to the Building Value demo crew for all their hard work salvaging our gigantic wood trim for reuse, and especially for removing 5 dumpsters full of plaster, lath, and mummified squirrels.

Building Value is a nonprofit social enterprise that salvages reusable materials for sale to the public. Their efforts help the environment, reduce the cost of disposal, and give architectural gems a second life. They are a subsidiary of the Easter Seals and are an all around super organization. 

If you are interested in their deconstruction services or their architectural resale store, please check out their website here: http://www.buildingvalue.org/

Burns aka "The Crappy House" Before Pictures

So you can see where we started!

The lovely exterior:

The gigantic foyer with the stairway to nowhere 

since it was conveniently closed off at the top.

living room with its lovely drop ceiling:

dining room:

sadly we couldn't save the carpet.

first floor kitchen:

there where 4 total but this is where our new one will go as well.

scary powder room:

future master bedroom:

future master bathroom & walk in closet 

(oh how i have missed a walk in closet!)

2nd floor kitchen aka Isaac's future bedroom:

Jonah's future bedroom:

kids' bathroom:

actually kinda liked the wallpaper

the 3rd floor bedrooms: 

to be combined as our future family room

3rd floor kitchen also known as my future office:

3rd floor bathroom:

Sorry, no before shots of the basement. It was too scary and smelly to even take pics!