the last breakfast?

Leaning on wall that'll be gone in a few days

They say that the third trimester of pregnancy you start feeling the need to organize. Some gut their file cabinets, others reorganize their kitchen drawers, and some weed out things they no longer use. Many find themselves crazily cooking to freeze and store food.

We're doing all of that too. Oh, and, tearing down a few kitchen walls...

Today may mark the last day we have breakfast in what we consider our kitchen. While Rising Sun is tearing down the outside walls, we're "moving out" so we can demo the inside walls. The outer walls of the kitchen will be rebuilt on concrete piers with Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPS) from SIPSchool who will use our house for education and training purposes when they wrap the entire house during our Green Retrofit.

the last breakfast (before demo)

Say goodbye to the wall, and the "bumper pool" walkway to the living room

Battling doors - outside door with basement door...entry door will move to the right with renovations

surround sound kitchen...yet only room for one passionate cook at a time

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall." (...and make the kitchen connect to the living room)

Protecting the garden - peaches blooming on left

This side of house will come out about 4 feet to make way for pantry, mudroom, and to the far left is the new dining room...once they build it (WVU dorms in back)

 

spectators in the building process...besides all the employees and students at WVU