Demolition Complete!

7 dumpsters - 90 yards of waste later the demolition is complete! Original poplar floors are harvested and ready to be revived during the flooring stage. Restructuring beams and framing up the stadium floor begins next week. In the meantime the 4-car garage/shop is being completed along with a handful of other exterior projects too numerous to list.

A few of the exterior projects: garage/shop build (all sided and ready for painting and permanent doors!), dirt work, driveway, geothermal wells, siding tear off, window/door preparation, stone prep work, egress window completion, filling in old basement windows etc...

The 1970s Side...Where we live:

Visual aids on where you live please? -Ashley S, Sheboygan WI.

and to everyone who has been asking...

As mentioned previously, we are living in the 1970s portion of the building while we rehab the other side into our home.We are slowly replacing just a few "church-like" features (potluck anyone?) as we reside in this particular space and await the completion of our "permanent space". Who doesn't enjoy a few before and afters (thank you iphone camera). 


                                                                   The 1970s Half (before)

BEFORE

AFTER (ENTRY)

AFTER (DINNING)

BEFORE (KITCHEN)

 

AFTER (KITCHEN)

(we haven't done much in here outside of flooring & functioning appliances (0;)

BEFORE (LIVING ROOM)

AFTER (LIVING ROOM)

BEFORE (PLAY PALACE)

AFTER (PLAY PALACE)

And a few befores for the overly curious (0;

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

 bedroom 4

Peach bathroom anyone?

How about a pink one?! ☺ Oh wallpaper...

1 of 2 areas leading into the 1930s side that has since been walled up and turned into a fantastic area to store all of those plastic totes of baby clothes! I'm so thankful for this space.

There you go...

Questions can be submitted to: ColeAndDebbie@Gmail.com or left here on our blog comments.

A Giant Zen Garden...

I like to think of a gravel driveway as a giant zen garden which makes the affordable driveway option seem that much more exciting! 

Rob Albright Construction did an awesome job putting in our giant zen garden with 40 tons of gravel at the side of the house and worked the day away on a whole lot of dirt moving and grading as well as bringing our pre-existing driveway back to life! Thankful for one more things checked off the very long to-do list.

Que Elevator Music...

Waiting for the closing of our rental property to free up funds and allow us to continue on with major renovations. In the meantime we are plowing ahead with demolition on both indoor and outdoor projects.,, 

THE INTERIOR...

  

  

THE EXTERIOR...

Removing overgrown trees, stumps, and bushes around the property to allow for an additional driveway access, windows & siding installation, as well as room for a garage.

Next on the to-do list:

Complete interior & exterior demolition

Harvesting the remaining flooring
Preparing and completing the secondary driveway

Fence along new driveway

FRAMING!

In the meantime, enjoy the elevator music!

1930s kitchen demo kick-off...

Oh the goodies you find in 85 year old kitchens! 

If these walls could talk. ☺

Heeman husband and his little "helper" 

 

Future laundry counter? 

 

Pressed tin throughout the walls and underneath the ceiling tiles. Looking forward to seeing how much is salvageable and how we can reuse it in the renovated space. 

Seriously, Heeman. 

a moment to melt a mamas heart

To be continued...