It's getting hot in here. . .

Nature is cruel! This weekend (ie: full days I can work on the house) was filled with sunny blistering hot days which broke records and made us break out in a sweat. Not the days you want to be hauling bricks. But, we did some work and made a noticeable dent in the pile on Saturday. I did not go out of the house on Sunday, instead I finally organized our bedroom (um, yeah, it took 5 hours). Dan worked outside for an hour and a half and got a bunch more of the brick moved into the dumpsters.

So, you know how I like to break stuff right? Well, the building behind my office is being demolished, like the whole thing. My office window is about 20 feet from the building and I have the best view of the cranes, the smashing, and the O.M.F.G.-that-is-a-mini-bulldozer. I spent about 20 minutes one day watching them remove the outside wall. It was magical. Then, I had to stop because I noticed that they were watching me. I waved and put my Gizmo figurine in my window to watch them instead. Oh, yeah, I have an originally Gizmo and you are so jealous.

Also, I totally painted part of the fireplace with the wrong paint and now I have to get some more and do it again. Bummer. But, I can't really do anything until the heat wave is over (Wednesday!) so I will be taking it easy until then.

Countdown

It's Wednesday. Which means I get to smash down the doorway in 3 days. . .

On another note - I sold the old door on craigslist for a hundred smack-a-roos! People went nuts over it. I'm just glad it will go to a home where someone will love it and not glare at it with disdain everyday.

So, again, I get to smash some sheet rock very shortly. I made a picture to show the areas of destruction. I'm off to get some goggles and a hardhat. . .

One minute you're in, the next you're out!

We have a really strange french door in our bedroom which connects to the front jut out of the house - a 6x5 area with four windows. Kind of like a large bay window. I have no idea why the pervious owner decided to build this wall and put a door in - maybe to make an office area, or a small baby's room? Either way, it makes our room smaller and limits us to one window instead of...five. Big difference. Sadly, I have to admit was have been using this amazing and sunny space as a dumping ground for our luggage and extra bits of crap people throw into storage. But, now we will say "Auf Wiedersehen" to our door so we can actually use the as part of our room, a nice sitting area perhaps or an ultimate fighting ring? No, too small.

Alas, it is time to smash something! Oh, the glory of destruction. The door was installed yet never even unpacked (plastic removed) or painted. It is pretty nice actually. So, instead of smashing it to bits and wasting it, I wanted to carefully remove it and put it up on craigslist for someone else to use. Have I ever removed a door? Nope. Here is the before picture:

Within about 20 - 30 minutes I removed the door. It is actually pretty easy. Just removed the screws from the hinge to the door, remove the doors. Next, remove screws from the door frame and pry frame from wall. You can also remove the screws holding the frame pieces together to break it down into smaller pieces to move easier. Here is the doorway when the door was removed (and all our crap):

This weekend I plan to demo the small wall around and above the door. I'll be sure to take pictures.