Where Are They Now – Part 2: The Great Room

It has been just over 1 year since we began this adventure. In honor of the anniversary, I decided to do a few where are they now posts. This one will cover the great room.

So let me remind you what we started with. This house was a hot mess. What is to be the great room (a 25X25 foot open concept kitchen/dining/living room) encompasses the former eat-in kitchen,  bathroom, den and a bedroom.

Former Kitchen

Former Bathroom

Former Bedroom

Former Den

This demo was by far the worse we’ve ever seen, and we’ve done a lot of demo.

former kitchen during demo

This window became the front door.

after demo of wall between old kitchen and den

Kitchen underlayment before

Kitchen subfloor after

We got most of the demo done before we moved in.

look mom! NO walls

Yesterday, we finally tore out the old bathroom. As expected, the sub-floor is rotten and will have to be replaced. In case I didn’t mention it before, no matter what anyone else tells you, NEVER USE PARTICLE BOARD FOR UNDERLAYMENT .

During bathroom demo

During bathroom Demo

Bathroom demo

View across future great room from front door

View across future great room from backdoor.

And so there you have it. We are still under construction, but we get closer every day. Related posts:

Inside the Farmhouse  Demo Week 1  Particle board, thy name is crap!  Demo Days – The Den