The Work Begins!

The (latest) long wait is over, and as of Tuesday 10 August 2004, we have begun the process of adding the long-hoped-for additions to the house. Highlights of the proposed plan include:

• Addition Footprint of 30' x 30', located in place of existing garage
• Hallway running from front to back, adjacent to current dining/living room walls, to provide access to new addition and pantry/closet storage along parts of its length
• Additional entry/exit doors at front and rear of hallway
• 2-car garage with lots of storage space and a work area in the rear portion
• Laundry/bathroom in rear corner near dining room
• Upstairs master bedroom, c. 24 x 17, with walk-in closets in west wall and attic storage in east wall and round-topped window in front.
• Upstairs bathroom, overlooking the back yard.
  
• Generator hookup
• New sliding doors off dining room
• Removal of kitchen door and island
• Removal of shaker shingling, with new vinyl siding and insulation of the entire house
  
• yada yada yada...

The old garage has been torn down and is now only a memory (and a small pile of rubble). The carpenter ants (some) and chipmunks were NOT pleased.

Shingles are down on about half the house at this point - the house wrap looks JUST lovely... Bob's going through wasp spray at prodigious rates as the faux shutters and eaves are (and always have been) great places for such nests. Not any more! (No shutters in the new design.)

Kitchen island has been removed - we've gotten a movable butcher block unit to replace it, which we may decide to fit into the nook where the back door is coming out.

Pictures of the mess in a bit!