work had begun in the kitchen -- the door leading to the extension and its wood frame had both been removed in preparation for widening the doorway between the kitchen and the new family room.
in the extension, the walls between the old office and the utility area and between the bathroom and the office had both been knocked down. in the bathroom, the door, its frame, all of the fixtures and the remaining tile had all been removed too, revealing relatively intact brick on the western wall. this was good news as the design anastasia mocked up proposed keeping the brick exposed and using it as an accent wall. the upper cabinets above the washer and dryer were also gone......and i went into mourning with the realization that the washer and dryer would soon be disconnected, relegating me to weekends at the neighborhood laundromat until the new equipment was functional on the fourth floor. the floor tile and carpet had been pulled up, but unfortunately the original wood floors uncovered underneath weren't salvageable and would have to be replaced. we could already begin to see how much more we would enjoy this space given the additional light and the openness of the new family room area.
in the cellar, the walls on either side of the staircase had been removed as well as the gypsum wall between the dumbwaiter and the northwest corner of the room. it was easy to see from one end of the room to the other, and hubby began to get excited about the possible reconfigurations of an extremely large finished basement -- the mother of all man caves! the doorway and exterior walls surrounding the furnace were still intact, but almost all of the upper beams were now exposed as most of the ceiling had been removed. now we just had to wait for the HVAC engineer to confirm that the plan could proceed as contemplated, with the goal of running the majority of the new duct work and plumbing between the beams and along the southern wall of the building where possible to maximize the usable space.
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