Master Bedroom and Floors

Moving along...

Foundation

Took a shot of the foundation this morning before framing begins today.

We have a hole!

Starting to see a little progress on the addition.

Kids Bathroom

We put in a lot of work in the kids bathroom while waiting for the permit and a good day to dig the foundation hole.

Dirty House

So I spent the last 3 weeks in the bathroom removing the tile and 3" plaster.  I would estimate the amount of plaster/cement I removed would total 600 + lbs.  The house is now incredibly dirty and looks like a disaster.  On the bright side, they have started framing for the drywall so the inside should start cleaning up soon.  The City of Denver will also be providing us with permit tomorrow! (Feb 10th....I am about a month beind on updating this!)  Let the digging begin....



Future hallway to the master addition.



The kids bathroom...keeping the cast iron bathtub.

Kids bathroom

Kitchen

After returning home from  our Christmas in NM, we discovered that the project had actually begun!  The wall seperating the living room and dining room has been demolished.  This has made a huge impact as you can now see all the way into the backyard when entering the house.  Here are the before and after shots:

Living room with dining in background

Front door view into dining 

In dining room toward front door

Living room to "dining" room

Our new home on Magnolia St

Grant and I visited the house this weekend to rake up all the leaves and we got a chance to meet some of our new neighbors.  Everyone seems super nice.....

After moving a shelving unit in the basement I found the biggest spider I have ever seen!  Against my better judgement, I called Grant into the room to show him.  The house is now being referred to as the spooky haunted house.  Hopefully he can recover from this before we move in!! 

I figured the best place to start our journey is with a few pictures of our new project house:

The front of our house in the shadow of a McMansion

Backyard from alley looking at house

Back patio of house looking at alley

    As you can see, the house is very basic brick ranch home that was built in the 1940's.  It currently has 3 bedrooms, 1bath, and a full basement.  The neighorhood is incredible as we are surrounded by two old parkways that provide miles of grass and 100 year old trees to enjoy in the middle of the city.  This neighborhood is actually one of the major reasons I wanted to move to Denver 12 years ago.  The kids school is 2 blocks from the house, my office is 1.5 miles, and Jenny's office is aproximately 3-4 miles away.