Phase 2: Demolition, Part one

With the house being empty, the fun work (according to the guys) of uninstalling and demolition began.

Kitchen Before (ish): 

Laundry Closet Before ish:

No more Kitchen....

No more closet...  the guys had finished the kitchen removal the day before. Dad (Opa Flokstra) went back the next and took out the closet walls and squared off the arch into the living room. 

It really opened up the area and view of the living room much more than I expected. 

This is a room in the building behind the house that we hope to turn into Jared's office. It was also full of furniture, cobwebs and piles of dead bugs :P Originally I had planned that this would be my warm up project for painting and refinishing while the house was being worked on, but Jared noticed a significant bow in the ceiling which upon further inspection revealed that there is not enough supports for the ceiling.

So with the guys still in demolition mode, down came ceiling number one.

And ceiling number two... which I believe had a layer or two of particle(ish) boards on top.

It also came with many other treasures that were stored in the "attic" space, some squirrel evidence and old nut stores (hence the coveralls and masks). 

There were times when we were in phase one of unloading the house where progress felt slow and the stuff didn't seem to end. But a few days of multiple hands on deck and bigger impact projects such as large furniture, carpet, kitchen and wall removal felt like huge wins that kept my heart up (even though this is work that kinda makes things worse before it gets better). 

Looking forward to rebuilding together! But until then stay tuned for Demolition, Part two.