Disappearing Stairs

Happy Tuesday!
When we purchased the new house, the potential open hearthroom/kitchen and second garage/shop were the two real selling points. The open hearthroom/kitchen required the destruction of an existing staircase and two walls, and the creation of a new staircase. In just a few short weeks, those tasks are nearing completion.

Rebuilding the mailslot from the front porch inside.

The Sheetrock Crew were delayed on another job for a few days, so they offered to stay on our job and begin work on Monday on the hearthroom, new staircase. That meant that Spousal Unit and RG had to tear out all the old paneling in the room, pull new wire, put in new switches and electrical plugs, new insulation, and finish work on the baby can lights on each end of the room over the weekend.
Clean up is a never ending job, and we get help whenever and from whomever we can!


She prefers suturing to sweeping!

 

Monday:
Busy Monday again! Sheetrock Crew had an awesome day. They measured the hearthroom and staircase for sheetrock. They went and picked it up, hauled it all in, and hung it all up! They put in a tiring full day. The heating and air man rerouted two different air ducts and fixed a faulty switch. The fence man put up the horizontal wood boards on the wood fence. And the Carpenter was finalizing order of staircase pieces and coordinating with the sheetrockers.

View from new stairs looking through Hearthroom toward back of the house. Kitchen is to the left.



The new stairs from the basement level.



We think we might be able to play checkers on the old linoleum tile they found under the carpet in the basement.


Tuesday:
Spousal Unit is replacing large chandelier in the now Martini Room with a large ceiling fan/light, and relocating the chandelier to our new dining room. We met the cabinet rep at the house to finalize the 3D drawings for the new cabinet/island in the kitchen. Just a couple of modifications to be done. We located some matching kitchen tile, and I picked up a box today. We had the Moving Company come by the old house and give us a bid on moving us. We are tentatively looking at the last week of September for the big move, depending on progress made the next two weeks. Spousal Unit, RG and KB tore into the old staircase this afternoon. They framed in the "hole" in the kitchen floor, and totally removed the stairs! We are now thinking we will keep the closet in the basement area that was in back of the stairs. Good storage and nice break in the very large room for furniture placement.

Basement level...stairs removed and setting off to the left.

Staircase gone- now framed for kitchen island placement!

Now that the Kitchen/Hearthroom is nearing completion, it is time for the garage/shop build. Spousal Unit is working on City Permit to build. Plans are drawn and ready. "Safe Dig" has been out and lines marked. We need to have the sewer lines found and "mapped out". Preparations are well underway. I just hope that the kitchen island cabinets, appliances, hardware etc arrive before Spousal Unit gets totally consumed out back, or it just might be Christmas before we have a stove to cook on again!!!!

Keep Smiling!
Deb