tore down more ceiling drywall today

forgot to bring my camera, but took pictures of the havoc wreaked on my person after i got home. smacked my thumb pretty good. my arm - despite the fact that it's the dirtiest i've ever seen it - only looks slightly dirty in the picture. oh well.

Laurel prys beadboard from the wall

Truck Loading Day!

Today I loaded up my dad's truck with ALL of the kitchen floor tile, cosmetic beadboard, cieling drywall, acoustic tiles, ancient wallpaper & cheesecloth, and rotted oak flooring, in preparation for a trip to the dump. It was a lot of work, but now it's all neatly tucked away in a landfill South of Austin, and out of our house. And the dump only charged $18.34 for a whole truckload!

further cieling material removal

Removed some more cieling materials (in the middle and back bedrooms) the other day. Bit by bit, getting down to the original pine shiplap.

Removing ceiling drywall

Today I tore down probably 1/5 of the drywall ceiling in one of the bedrooms. It was very slow, messy work, but gratifying nonetheless to see more beautiful shiplap under all that gross drywall. It was also interesting to see the fabric/wallpaper material that was originally installed in the house.

Removing kitchen tile

Removal of the kitchen tile is one of the first demolition activities we can do ourselves, so yesterday we chipped up a bunch of it. Under it we found some ancient linoleum, and under that is the original oak flooring. Unfortunately it looks like it's rotted quite a bit, and will need to be replaced. Boo.

Removing ivy from front of house

We found out that ivy is okay if it's growing on something impervious like a chimney, but NOT okay if it's growing on something like cedar shingles, so we tore a bunch of it off, which was a lot of fun!