Progress!

I'm dreadfully behind on my blog posts.  So much has been happening at the house over the past few months and it's taken me longer than I anticipated to document each stage of destruction.  But there has been LOTS of progress "reconstructing" the house so I thought I'd start to share the really good stuff!

Let's start with Dixon's bedroom.

Originally this was the master bedroom and bathroom.

The doorway on the right led out to the hallway.  The door by the windows had that strange toilet.  Off to the left was the bizarre bathroom / closet area.

After we gutted the bathroom area including the infamous Green Monster, we tore out the flooring.  There was hardwood around the perimeter of the room under the carpet, so that was fun to tear out.  Heh.

Then we started to sling our sledgehammers into the plaster wall that separated the right side of the bathroom from the bedroom.  We followed the angle of the shed roof carefully while opening the space as much as we could.

As it turned out, our contrator had us remove the plaster on the entire wall since they needed to blow in new insulation and fiddle with the electric a bit.  Plus it's easier to just hang new drywall than try to work around old plaster.

The framers studded the new bedroom walls and things started to feel real in there quickly.  The wall above splits the former master in two.  On the right of the photo above is the new doorway into Dixon's room.  The rest of what was the master is now a hallway to the bathroom and an upstairs laundry area for the kids.

The area above used to be bathroom.  The shower, a.k.a. the Green Monster, was at the left of the photo.  There was a vanity and mirror at the back wall and closet space along the right wall.  Now this area is going to be a play area for Dixon.  I plan to put his train table against the wall and other toys and books he loves will go there as well.  At the very back of the space is his new closet.  I think this space is going to work quite well for him!

Ta-da!  We have drywall!  Now the shape of the room is REALLY clear.  Sleeping space up front, play area in the middle, closet at the back.

A different angle of his room: you can see he still has the windows for light and a view of the stream.  But the toilet closet is gone, thank goodness.

Progress is definitely being made!