Demolition Continues!

"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."

Swami Sivananda

Demolition continues!

I am not letting the fact that my sister has yet to move out deter me from moving forward with my plans for the front room of our house.A room she has occupied for over 5 1/2 years now.

Let's see....Max turns 30 this year so basically it was almost 3 decades ago that I decided to add a family room on to the back of our house (the room that we redid this Summer) and turn what had been our living room into a extra bedroom,my current project.

A few weeks ago, I decided that it was time to repurpose that room once again. No contractor this time.This is your basic do it yourself ,weekend warrior project.

Over the course of a couple of weekends in January, I removed the closet that I built sometime around the turn of the millenium and the wall that cordoned off the space,circa early 1990's.

Today's project includes reopening the doorway leading to that room.

It's unbelievable that taking out the 8" of wall that needed to come down has taken over 4 hours.Well worth the effort as Susan will now be able to see what it is that I have been trying to get her to visualize for weeks now.

I also started taking up the old tile floor that we put down 25 years ago.It has to be chipped away bit by bit with a hand axe. Much to my surprise,we found that there are actually 4 layers of tile. Some yellowish brown layer,underneath a grey layer,topped by a red brick colored layer and ultimately the black and white checkerboard effect that Susan thought would go so well with the 4 walls that were each painted with a different primary color when the kids were in elementary school.

When I am done with the floor, I will also tear open the front wall where we once had and soon will have again ,a picture window.

As a bedroom, I thought a simple 48"x 42"casement would be more appropriate. Now,some 30 years later,it will once again be opened up to let the Sun shine in through 2 double hungs flanking a picture window,approximately 108" x 60" in total.

This project will take months to complete.One thing I have come to understand during this process.It is easier to build new than to rebuild around what exists.

Sounds like some sort of life lesson!

Shabbat Shalom!