This is the sight Brian and I came home to after work on Friday:
I was so excited I think I actually started jumping up and down in the driveway. I just stood there staring, feeling amazed, stunned, overjoyed and in awe that we've come this far. It's been quite a process between the short sale offer, multiple foreclose offers, loan issues and so on. Not to mention having to live there in the meantime half unpacked and half painted! But standing there, looking up at the addition, I was overcome with so much relief and joy and gratitude that we're making progress. Here's a shot of the back of the house from the dock.
To walk through the "house" was a complete thrill! We had spent so much time pouring over our floorplans, trying to imagine how it would feel walking through them in real life. To walk through it in person was awesome. And I have to say, I am very pleased with the decisions we made and the guidance we received from our architect. Here are new stairs with the two big window openings to let in the southwest light!
Later Friday night, Brian started disassembling the kitchen. The days before, Brian and I had been busy packing away our kitchen stuff into boxes. It will be over a month before we have our kitchen back! Good thing I don't typically enjoy cooking, this gives us a good excuse to eat out a lot… maybe too much… Looking for friends who will take us in for a night and feed us a home cooked hot meal! You will get bonus boat rides for life ;)
Good ole Craigslist found us a buyer for the old kitchen cabinets and granite countertops. So instead of taking a sledgehammer to the kitchen (which I actually would have found quite therapeutic), he started delicately removing the countertops and sink. I can't really complain though because making money on things I would have thrown away anyway is therapeutic as well.
