Who needs a kitchen anyways?

Well a while back we had a major work party and took out the kitchen.  Many family and friends showed up to help us, and we couldn't have done it without them.  Thanks to everyone who showed up!

This is a view near the doorway into the dining room looking west

Standing at the sink looking towards the bedroom

Standing near the back door looking towards the dining room

Standing in the middle of the pantry cabinets

This is standing along the wall to the bedroom looking back to where the sink USED to be

This is looking down the hallway towards the front of the house. This is where the pantry used to be

This is standing in the corner where the doorway to the dining room used to be. You can see more great looking hardwoods where the carpet has been removed

Hello again!

Well I've been horrible about updating the blog with progress on the remodel, but there's been progress.  A lot of the latest work has been new plumbing in the floor, so there hasn't been many things to photograph, but here are some additional photos of the demolition as it continued along.

It took me forever to figure out what this arch was since I originally discovered it in the bedroom. After we opened up the hall it made sense that a phone sat here.

This is the inside of the door to the closet just off the dining room

You can see measurements for kids as they got taller over the years. We didn't recognize any of the names on it.

Part of the remodel includes tearing up the carpet and taking advantage of the pristine hard wood floors underneath.  I'm expecting these will clean up very nicely once we're all done.

This is the sewer connection for the sink in the pink bathroom

Is there any question why it was such a slow drain?

Downstairs hallway making preparations to replace plumbing for master bathroom, guest bathroom, laundry room, and downstairs bathroom

Had to make this fancy temporary work around so I can still shower while the remodel continues on

New stack going into the old floor connections

Small sample of the connections we're going to be replacing

We will be replacing the old copper piping with PEX tubing. It will allow us to use less energy and water once everything is done

Old & new

The toilet for the small bathroom has been moved over to allow for the new laundry room

Better view of the laundry area, small bathroom on the left, and master bathroom in the back

This is what the pink bathroom used to look like

And this is what it looks like now!

Demolition Derby

Last weekend was VERY productive.  Bryan Adams (our fancy new truck) took many loads to the Bountiful dump, and he's fully loaded ready for another drop off as you read this.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a fifteen thousand.

The bedroom closet has a different view

Inside the bedroom closet

Looking towards the bathroom closet

Future home of awesome showers and soaking tubs

Looking back towards the master bedroom

Found these weights hidden behind a window covering

Must be to keep the window from slamming shut

Hallway heading into the bathroom. This will be converted to the laundry area.

Used to be a bathroom here

The pink tub was NOT easy to remove

Photobomb by Roddick the construction dog

Old and new

Don't know why but this old wall paper is fascinating to me

This wall is next on the chopping block

Edgar's Razors

As we started our demolition, I thought about what kinds of things we may discover.  I fully expected to find knob and tube wiring, maybe some water damaged flooring underneath the carpets, and other unexpected surprises.  We found the wiring on the first day, but my first actual surprise came when I started tearing into the wall of the large bathroom.

As I was pulling lathe and plaster out of the walls, there was a sound that I can only describe as money falling out of the walls.  When I looked closer it was actually used razors, and there were tons of them.  It finally explained the slot in the mirror in the pink bathroom that I had been wondering about.

The Pink Bathroom is Going

Everyone has always talked about "The Pink Bathroom."  I've seen lots of bathrooms with pink in them.  The home I grew up in even had some pink in one of its bathrooms.  But a bathroom with THIS MUCH PINK, so much that everyone knows what room you're talking about when you say "The Pink Bathroom," is unique.

I had never seen a pink tub before this one

Matching pink sink is a nice touch

Custom cabinet by Kelly

Still trying to decide if we should keep the wallpaper

Curtains may be in it for the long haul too...

The floral theme goes throughout the home

Custom toilet seat by Pam - This is a KEEPER

We do really like the archway, but it will have to go for our plans to work

It took Pam months to find this gem

So, this is how everyone remembers the Pink Bathroom.  Now, let's see how it is transforming.

First walls coming out

Lots of lathe and plaster needed to be removed

No more archway

Our first look at the knob and tube wiring in the upstairs walls

These construction photos are the first of many.  This was after the first day of demo work.  Progress in the bathroom was kind of slow because we had to work around plumbing and electrical issues, but we hope that things will pick up speed as we move into other rooms.  Stay tuned for more photos and discoveries as we move along!