demolition derby part tres

Demo is complete!

now the real stuff begins!

Here's a look at the place after demo...but before installations:

the living room

the kitchen

the bedroom



the bathroom

the shower/toilet area

What's next?
the shower!

i'm super excited about this one.

demolition derby part deux

so there are moments of pure happiness that require the usual happy dance, like more demo!!!

goodbye nasty tub and toilet...

goodbye nasty stove that was never cleaned...

goodbye carpet in the room that will one day be my "girl cave"

hello mirror...where did you come from?

let's pause a moment to be vain...

i decided to open the cabinet on the balcony...

whoo hooo are you?!?!

you need to move out sir.

don't we look happy?

hahaha.

this is about oh...3 hours before shock and fear set in when we received our first quote from a contractor about our installation labor cost.

let me revert back to my (our) very first blog title:

WHAT HAVE WE GOTTEN OURSELVES INTO?!?!

i need to strap on a tool belt and channel my inner david bromstad because this is just getting ridiculous! we need to figure out a way to do some of this ourselves because...just because.

have you ever seen 10grand in your hand? people save a ton of $$ just by doing it themselves.

i think we can paint.

don't you?

btw, there may be another paint option in the mix...

stay tuned for that.

demolition derby part one

demo has begun!!!
*doing my happy dance*

wanna take a look-see?
(all photos courtesy of nolan's iphone)

goodbye icky gross carpet!




sayonara ugly, dirty sinks and cabinets!




ummm....goodbye second bathroom sink and mirrors?!?
WHA????
we weren't planning a demo on the spare bath...but to get to the valves we needed to replace, all that had to come out...my question now is, what's going back in??? dear future guests,
when you go poop/pee, you may need to wash your hands in the shower...
due to lack of sink.
:/
sorry about that,
sixthfloorapartmentownersthatdidn'tplanonrippingoutthesink


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tomorrow is a mad dash of meeting w/contractors, ordering tile, and who knows what else.
we're kinda behind in the ordering of things department.

stale popcorn

hellooooo, welcome to our future home!what's with all the plastic you may ask?
well, it's our first demo of the day!

first job: get rid of the popcorn ceiling!
i don't really care either way. i'd rather not have it but i could live with it. we have it at our current place and i barely notice it. maybe i'm just used to it. but nolan hates it so if we can remove it, he said "get rid of it!!!"

so you wanna see???
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smooth ceilings!

i do love the new smooth ceilings!
all the plastic reminds me of some kind of creepy sicko crime scene from CSI, no?

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