1. Demo. wall between living room and dining room
2. Demo kitchen laundry area and pantry
3. Demo the wall between the living room and the entry
4. Demo the soffit in the kitchen (for anyone who knows anything about soffit - usually it's made of 2x4's and drywall. Not at our house. This was framed with 2x12's and 2 x6's - then wrapped in drywall. The next picture is all the wood that came out of the soffits alone...) But isn't it lovely afterward....
5. Plan the layout for the new columns, pony walls, and beams...
6. Build the new beams - including adding LVL's for structural support -build out and align the columns
7. Run new electrical to columns and half walls.
8. Create an open layout for our new house!!!
9. Pendant lights for the kitchen ordered.
10. Stainless steel farmhouse sink ordered.
11. Carpet ordered and measured
12. Thanks to watching sales and Black Friday - new washer and dryer ordered, new fridge coming for 300 less than originally purchased. Hoooray for sales!!
13. Celebrate our first Thanksgiving in the new house.. (Thank heavens I started a turkey breast that morning - I ran home for 30 minutes while Art ran to storage and pulled together our whole dinner, complete with fresh mashed potatoes and delicious slow cooker gravy...)
13. Kitchen layout finalized and ready to be cut this week... And that brings us to the next list...
Things to do:
1. Cut out kitchen -install next weekend
2. Get dumpster emptied - fill again with the miles of nail laden lumber
3. Gut the new laundry room downstairs
4. Run the electricity/plumbing for the new laundry room downstairs
5. Finish the last column and pony walls
6. Paint the trim in the office/bedroom
7. That STUPID wallpaper - then I can paint.
8. and well, that's just a start - Let's just say, a new house is at the very top of my Christmas List. And going back to work tomorrow will be a nice relaxing break.
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