So, sorry for the long hiatus but things have been a little busy lately. We have a lot to update though so here it goes.

Been trying to work up at the house as much as possible. And despite a few weeks of continuous work we are still in the demo phase of the project but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Things are looking good and going back through the pictures for the blog really shows a big difference. It now seems like forever ago that we had this ugly wood paneling in the loft.

Which is now gone.

The big rock wall and pedestal behind the wood stove proved to be the biggest challenge yet. It doesn't exactly help that I'm not the biggest fan of ladders. One crumpled on me when we were remodeling the bar and I haven't liked them much since.
But I went to town with a roto-hammer outfitted with a chisel and a lot of bruised knuckles, mortar dust and shaking ladders later...........

Rock and pedestal are gone. But of course there's no way to save the drywall underneath so that has to go as well.
Working on borrowing a scaffolding system from a friend so I can put new drywall up. But we might run some electrical first since the wall is already open.

I know we tore down and took a lot of material out of the house but I was actually surprised we filled a twenty yard dumpster.


Christa's been hard at work as well. The steamer works great for removing the wallpaper.

It hasn't all been tearing everything apart though. I had to take everything out of the bathrooms (toilets, vanity, everything) so I could rip out the old lino and particle board underlayment. Since I had everything out I decided to replace all the valves and seals and make sure everything was leak proof and working properly.

Then we put down a good thick coat of primer and put everything back in. It's a temporary fix but it will work for now. Eventually we'll do a full remodel on both the bathrooms but we need to actually move in sometime in the next couple of weeks so wish us luck...............