Demolition Day

with the help of my brothers and a couple great friends...and a few beers we took all the plaster walls out of our kitchen!  there were a few surprises like finding an old miller high life can in the walls... a boobie mag from 1959.... a handful of marbles.... a puddy knife i dropped through the floor a couple years ago when working on our upstairs bathroom (it went right through a 3 inch hole i drilled....couldn't have made that shot again if i tried)... thankfully no skeletons.... what we think is the belt to an old apron... and an old arch way threshold from a previous remodel who knows how long ago.

here are some pictures of our progress.

this was my first wall i took down.  at this point i was very excited and couldn't wait to get started on this project....

LOOK! its a miller high life can hidden in the wall

this is the view from the lake side

this is the view looking out toward the lake

we are going to do open shelving on this wall.  the fridge is going just to the right of that orange bucket

taking down that soffit was a pain but made such a huge difference, thanks to my brother ryan and great buddy matt

here is danny (our fireman/EMT) on the job blasting through some old wallpaper.  

we each took turns sticking our heads through the old medicine cabinet...that was also covered by plaster.

taking down the ceiling!

TIMBER!

there were three layers of plaster on the ceiling.  we were all joking about how our house would win biggest loser for shedding the most pounds.

ryan and josh (another fireman buddy) attacking the remaining ceiling. 

boobie mag 

i can't believe they covered up this awesome arched doorway.  really cool but i don' t know if we can fit it into our new floor plan.  

Thanks for reading.  come back soon for more pictures and an update on our progress.  next up is tearing out the remaining cabinets, plumbing, electric and new studs!  oh and i bet i'll put a few line in there about how much money this is costing me but please remind me that we are doing the right thing and everything will be ok.  i might need the support.