Wow...I really didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. It sounds so simple: tear out old wood walls and floors, clean, construct new sub flooring, frame in new walls... Weeks later than I thought, we finally began to put in the bracing for the new sub floors.
The bathroom (above) and living room (below) in the middle of demo / reconstruction. You can still see some of the walls as we stopped demo long enough to secure floors for safety.
Here's my kitchen! Pretty isn't it?!
Walls continue to come down, as well as some old farming equipment. This had been a working corn crib at one time, which means there was still a grain elevator that ran from the the ground floor through what would be the living room and bedrooms up to the cupola at the top...about 35 feet and then back down the other side.
Real progress was felt when the stairs went in. These go from the ground level up to the living room, up about 10 feet from the concrete footing. My father-in-law really came through for us, designing and helping to cut and install the runners. Eighteen steps! Yes, I am very sure of that number!
Winter is fast approaching, slowing work on the roof, well and septic, not to mention construction is harder when your hands and feet are cold!
next up...Chapter 3: Define "Liveable"
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