First coat

Auntie Deb

Yup. That's primer

Prepping for paint

Master craftsman

Killer elf

Reception!!

Opened up. Now the first floor is a football field

Doors!!

Pretty trim and baseboards

Pretty doors

:)

Spacer!

PJ day at school

It's coming together

Christmas cookies!!

Drywall 1

Old chimney

The electrical list is all checked off

Owie's tools are packed. New windows today.

Nata's night brace

Making Grandpa Owie's brain hurt

Apparently my opening of the wall meant having to move lots of wires.

Old gas line for when the house was lit by gas lamps

#oldschool

Electric

At $100/electrical box and close to 34 boxes, thank goodness grandpa owie takes his payment in coffee.

Formerly white cat

Wore out owie

Owie

Grandpa continues to work while we go out to play. Hooray!!

Getting supplies

Owie on the job

Wall to kitchen is open

Almost ready for the electrician aka Grandpa Owie

Here's Elliot's for your interpretation. Dad nailed it.

Natalie is looking for your ideas about what is happening in this picture

Eating out. Kitchen is covered in a thick layer of dust.

Getting into it

Letting the kids hammer walls

Lath

Our old bedroom is no more

Furnace out

To keep things interesting, our furnace decided to go out the day before demo begins. The house is currently 59 degrees.

Ready to knock out some walls

The main floor rehab part b starts today. People are coming to knock out walls. End goal, open living space and more importantly, insulated walls.

Julie and Elliot on reality tv

Amazing adventures of a nobody.

Found the DVD in the files when cleaning up for the demolition.

Annie at the Cadillac theater

Turkey bowl.

Gelato from Pete's

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Natalie getting crisp apple strudel

Doing research for her recital. She'll be singing My Favorite Things.

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