Duvall Demolition Duo Does Denver

Mom and Dad arrived on Monday and Tuesday we came home from work to this, a good sized hole in our wall, which was the start to our "opening up" project. End result will be a half wall between the living room and the kitchen, with new (new to us - actually they'll be old and refinished) kitchen cabinets, a new refrigerator and microwave, and an installed garage sale stainless steel sink we salvaged! "Phase One" as it has affectionately been deamed, is the "opening up" portion of the project. The cabinets, appliances, floor, etc will happen next spring, tentatively!

TUESDAY

  

WEDNESDAY

Electrical wiring - did we tell you our house was a real estate office before we bought it? So there is a LOT of phone and outlet wiring!

Water heater in the corner of the kitchen (there used to be a closet built around it). Water heater will be moving to the back closet of the house, down the hallway, in hiding.

View from the back door looking through the kitchen into the living room, into the new addition in the far background of the photo.

Hardwood floor under the kitchen tile, awesome! Possible chance it can be sanded and refinished, to be determined later...

THURSDAY

Mom found plaster lath in one of the older walls - our house is 90 years old, and these materials are very old! The mortar was mixed with horse hair, which makes it more durable - its the equivalent of mortar mixed with fiberglass or something along those lines now.

Alarm system hanging by its cord - the wall it was affixed to has been removed. I guess we'll need to remount that somewhere...

View from the backdoor, looking through kitchen, into living room and new addition is in the far background of the photo. Opening up! New 2 x 10" header across the top for support.

Chris and the alarm system panel, haha!

And of course, we checked out the newest attraction in Denver, IKEA. We spent an hour wandering around, lost most of the time, and got some pretty neat ideas for the kitchen. Overall, worth the experience, but we need to go back on a day when we can spend a few hours there!