Tearing Stuff Out - Inside and Out

Our son and his girlfriend came up this morning to take a look at the progress we've made and to give us a hand making more.

The laundry room.

Half wall and a portion of the raised floor removed.

Lawn mowing has commenced.

Front lawn mowed.

 Let's get rid of some of those ugly, mosquito-infested bushes that are planted around the whole house.

What is this?  Those ugly bushes were hiding prettiness in their shadows.  Can't wait to see what this becomes!

Look how much nicer it is already!

This ivy is not my friend.  Why is there so much of it?

I am so glad to have it cleaned out!

No clue yet what's growing over here (now that we've got it all raked out and can see things), but we'll find out!

So, the other bushes are just going to have to wait until the hubs can come back with stronger straps.

Back inside to finish removing the raised floor in the laundry room and then the flooring under that.

 

Are they serious with these screws?  These were what they used to put together the raised flooring section.  Ridiculous!

Cleaned up, so we can call it a day.  Not too bad!

Cleanup on Aisle Four!

Remember the downstairs bathroom?  Well, we couldn't just leave it the way you last saw it.  Today was cleanup day.

In addition to driving me up to the house to do cleanup, the hubs also surprised me with having purchased and installed flooring in the landing upstairs.  Ain't he a sweetie?

Happy Birthday to Me!

What girl doesn't dream of spending her birthday (or some part of it) in a demolished bathroom?

Here's how it used to look:

And this was back in March (2018-03-03) when we first started poking it with a stick to get at the leaky plumbing:

We haven't decided yet exactly how we want to remake it.  Will it be a half bath?  We don't know.  We'll be sure to let you see when it's done, though. (;