And now for some "during"

Later in the week I plan on sitting down and talking about how this whole thing happened.  It has been a dream for many, many years.  Each time I go out there (we are currently living in a trailer on the property of some very generous friends) I am overwhelmed with the beauty of our little piece of Texas.  Some of that feeling comes from knowing it is a dream being fulfilled.  Some of it is because the place is just so darn amazing!  Of course, I am a bit biased.

So, here are some pictures of the process of remodeling.  Beginning with demo....which took So much longer than I thought it would.  How can it take weeks to tear walls?  Haha, little did I know~

This picture and the next are taken from basically the same view point, just turned a bit to the left in the second. 

Goodbye original wall between bedroom and living room.  That space to the right where you see the two smaller windows was part of the closet and all those windows had sheetrock over them.

 

Our back porch is the current trash bin.

Family room with all the "popcorn ceiling" torn down.  That double door directly in front is now a wall and to the right of it an alcove.  We bumped out that wall and have created a large closet.

Kitchen, no ceiling....obv

Windows were taken out to center them differently on the walls.  The small windows to the left were also covered by sheet rock.  That is now one of the large windows and is part of our bedroom.

The "Blue room" as we call it.  Hopefully it won't be blue much long.  This will be Samuel's room/guest room. All the windows that opened were replaced, including the ones on the right of this picture.

This was our demo guy, Rick  Great guy who actually helped us come up with some great ideas for storage, etc.  Thanks Rick!

Last shot of the stained glass windows.  That all got moved to the right and is now a type of glass that allows light but is more private than clear.

Windows from the outside while they were in the process of re-framing them.

Keeping it classy with a toilet on the back porch.

This is the formal living/dining area as you look toward the kitchen on the left.  We are probably going to use this as an office/dining room

another view of where the master bedroom walls once were.

Former entry/closet/hot water heater area which is now a large laundry/mud room.

Another view of the kitchen from the current formal living area.  We are putting open shelving in where the former cabinets were previously.

This was the laundry room, we are converting it into a small powder room.