With the euphoria of the house closing, tour and all behind us, it was time to tackle the demolition. I was safely at work during the demo at our current house, only to come home to a house filled with a fine silt on every surface imaginable.  My thinking this time, at least we are not living in it!

This won’t be so bad . . .

After the first day of demo, I made my way over to see the ‘progress’.  There were several of the kitchen cabinets removed, but not much had changed.  The second day I made the mistake of stopping by again, only to find the kitchen in complete shambles, dust filling the house and the chandeliers I had requested be covered  . . . were not!  It was quite a sad scene.  The stately home that had been filling my dreams for months was now a complete and utter disaster, certainly not stately by any means.  It was quite sad to see ‘her’ in that condition.  I left the house feeling downright depressed.  Is this house going to become what I have envisioned?  What if we can’t take out the walls of the kitchen?  Is that dust filled with ASBESTOS!?!  Should we have reused the original cabinets?  Oy Vey – my mind started to run away with me.

Then I remembered a saying my Mother always said to me when something looked bleak.  Take a fresh look at it tomorrow and . . . ‘you have to break a few eggs to make an omelette.’

Bathroom demo’d . . . now I can see how big the shower will be!

Not much left of little pink 1/2 bath . . .

DUSTY!

Starting to see the ‘open concept’ with the removal of the wall between the kitchen and the butler’s pantry

More destruction!

Kitchen with cabinets removed

I decided it best I stay away from the ‘project house’ for a few days.  Give the demo team a chance to make real progress and to hopefully clean up a little!  Yes, we have indeed broken a number of eggs, I’m now looking forward to the making of our omelette!