Demolition Begins

For those of you who have never been to our house, we have a "back room" that the previous owner called a "4 Seasons" room. The room is only tolerable about 10 days a year. The window are bad, the screen door has a huge gap at the bottom, etc. It needs some help. We had been using it for storage, and more recently we have been leaving the dog out there during the day so he has more room to stretch out while we are gone. He loves having free reign of the old couch out there and enjoys looking at birds out the window.

We decided, some time ago, to redo the room and make it usable space. We are planning on getting a real door, closing off the door to the garage, taking out most of the windows and putting in REAL windows, adding a heating/cooling duct, etc. The ultimate goal is to make that the "media room."

I have been trying to get Ayron to begin demolition on that room since we got our tax refund. Due to traveling, work, illness, etc., it kept getting put off. Ayron tends to see the finished project and not the steps needed along the way. He wanted to just start ripping stuff out this weekend. I managed to make him realize that we need to get the new windows, door, and siding ordered so that we weren't stuck with an open room while we waited on the door (it is an odd sized door and will probably need to be custom made). As we lay in bed last night we made a plan and decided to contact our window guy about windows this afternoon.

This morning I asked Ayron to check on the dog's food and water. Ayron decided to begin demolition a bit early. His head managed to rip a light out of the ceiling! The light fixtures were these two glass covered bulbs that hung down in the center of the room (one at each end). Ayron has always hit his head on them and always complained, yet never replaced the fixtures with something flatter. I am guessing that when I get home, demolition will begin and the first things to go will be the light fixtures!

I need to take some before and after shots of the room. We talked to our real estate appraiser and he said by just making that livable space, painting the garage and front door and updating the shudders, the value of our house will increase by $20,000! I can't wait to get the updates done on the house, then we will tackle the landscaping!