Remodeling is Fun To Do

Here are a couple "before" pictures

 And the walls come tumbling down!  We took out a wall between the two kitchens and also the big wall between the kitchens and living room.  It was a mammoth job, happily Brett and Scott are both here to help.  Scott ended up doing the lion share of the electrical work, with Trevor coming a couple times from Portland as his mentor.  Duane and I snuck a quick trip to Arizona in the middle of everything and were so pleased with how the boys carried on.

 

Everything's more fun if there are a couple kids helping you!

 Whoever has the most power tools and the biggest tool pouch is in charge!

Can you say "open concept"?  We definitely have open concept here.

Marni did the best job of cutting in the top edge I've ever seen--it's such a stark contrast with the bright green wall and white ceiling, very impressive.  She was also brave at the top of that ladder.  Brett did a huge cutting in job equally wonderfully--and he had to go around 8 celestory windows as well--at the top of the ladder.

 This is from the "den" looking out toward the living room and front door--we LOVE this new arch. You can see the different ceiling color--the left half is newly painted, the right half will be soon, we never realized how much lighter it could be! We're anxious to start laying the bamboo floor tomorrow, then we can move the cabinets back in--they've been on the front porch for two weeks.  How many trips to the front porch does it take to make dinner???

And this is from the corner near the windows and stairs.  Whaddayathink?  We hope the green is bright enough...

Here's another "before" picture--we took out these two closets in the bedroom and rebuilt one big one in the space that was the old hall.  We did alot of changing!