
We started by opening up the wall between the living room and former bedroom - to create the new large living room. It already feels so much bigger and brighter!
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View from former bedroom, looking towards living room and enclosed front porch |
Next, we opened up the space between the living room and dining room for the Craftsman Colonnades that we'll be adding. Again, just opening up that little bit of wall makes an enormous difference in how the space looks & feels. Love it already (of course it will be much nicer without piles of debris and tools everywhere)!

But in the meantime, we're suffering from our usual lack of bathroom privacy. It's all part of the glamorous life of renovating! At least the toilet isn't in the kitchen this time! And I go out to the garage, anytime the guys need to use the facilities. Awkward, but it works :-)

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Gutting the Back of the 2nd Floor |
Upstairs, we've cleared out the back of the house. There were lots of walls back there, around the old staircase. And we need them out of the way to create the new master bedroom, walk in closet and loft space.
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Completely Open Space for New Master Bedroom, Walk In Closet & Skylight for Loft |
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Carpet Removal in Front Bedroom |

It seems so strange to be able to see upstairs from this former bedroom!
Next interior project - we'll get the new staircase built and then we can tear out the old one from the back bedroom.