Pretty as a picture..framing in the door frame!

Ross removed the door from this living room wall. Now the entrance to the bathroom and bedrooms will be on the other side wall in the sitting room area. I'm practicing my Vanna White!

The wall is completed and you can see the door that we'll use to access the rest of the house.

Drywall Mission...Completed!

This pictures shows the completed drywall in the living room area. The ceiling was the big project here, as it needed work after taking out the wall. Note the fine home furnishings...Shop Vac, Utility fan, sawhorse, IKEA's newest line...Home Improvement Equipment! :)

This area will be our sitting room/den area (the refrigerator is only there temporarily!!). The sliding glass doors enter into the Florida room.

View into the kitchen

We had the kitchen down to cinderblock and wood. This is where we got the idea for the new ceiling in the kitchen.
After some insulation and drywall, it looks a little different, doesn't it? :)

This view shows the completed drywall in the kitchen and exposed beams.

Kitchen Ceiling - Cathedral Style

Once we took out all of the plaster in the kitchen, we discovered that we really liked the cathedral ceiling style. We left some of the beams exposed. It really has opened up the kitchen and has made a small space look a little larger!

Delightful Drywall!

Sunday morning Ross, Chris, and friends worked hard to put in the insulation and drywall. It looks great and now the house has that "new house smell." Which, if you had visited when we first bought it, know that it is a very welcome change!!

This week, Bob will be doing all the finish work and on Sunday the process of replacing and refinishing the hardwood floors will begin. It is almost unbelievable to think about all that has been accomplished! Again, we are SO grateful to all of our friends that have helped to make this big dream a reality. We have been working with an electrician friend of Ross' to make decisions about the lights for the kitchen. We have to be creative now that we have added the cathderal ceiling. We will be putting in three pendant lights over the sink (my idea...*smile*), ceiling fan, and a good bit of track lighting.

I've posted some pictures of the most recent updates! Enjoy!

Weekend Warriors in the Kitchen!

The before picture of the kitchen... all the appliances and cabinets are resting in the basement!And after a few LONG hours of work... We found a window! The view...the inside of our siding. I think we'll keep the window that actually looks outside! *Smile*

Back Door Guests are Best!

This was our back door entrance. Note the black and white subway tile...

The after picture of the back entrance. There was a good bit of plastic black and white subway tile on the wall next to the door. Directly across from the back door is the door into our basement.