Other potential titles for this post:
- Holy Schnikies
- I (Almost) See The Light
- The Sweetest Sound = A Power Saw
- Best Day Ever!!!!
This post could be called a tease but I like to consider it a keeping-you-posted thing. So many folks are wondering what’s going on around here, so a picture’s worth a thousand words, right? More pics and deets later!
Psst- To anyone wondering about the vents, there’s more info on how we’ve dealt with those here. As for the electrical wire, ours guy’s coming out to get on that.
Almost there! Isn’t it crazy that tearing something out can be so exciting?!? You’ll love how big of a difference it makes!
So exciting! Bring it down baby!!
Can’t wait to see the demo!!
Ahhhh its really happening!! How can I be this excited for someone else’s renovations??
I know this one!!! Because it’s not your mess to clean up, LOL. ;P
I’m always more excited about other people renovations.
YES I feel the same way. J&S – SO excited!!! I check back for updates every day!
What a tease!!!
!!!!!
Dying. to. see.
Awesome! Good luck yall!
this is so awesome – and inspirational!!
Wahoooo! So excited for you guys! You probably have those worker boys in stitches with how giddy you are. Love it!
Very exciting!
OMG so exciting and you’ve just left us hanging……
It’s started. Hooray!
Tease! Can’t wait to see that wall ripped down!
I remember the excitement when we took our kitchen wall out!! Yay for the walls coming down :)
I love that y’all do real time, but, man, don’t you wish real time was faster! Haha. I’m dying for this wall to come down! Can’t wait!
OMG. IT’S ALL HAPPENING!
::ahem::
(sorry for shouting)
Holy wall-opening Batman!
Yay! I have a picture of you in my mind of you peeking around the plastic tarps and corners to spy on the progress all day. Have fun!!
Yup, that’s me. Spying, calling John, taking camera phone pics for him, taking regular pics for you guys on the good camera, repeat.
xo,
s
Ha! I see this too. Does your demo team know about the blog? Can’t wait to see the updates!! :)
Yup, we told Steve about it before he began (we like to tell people just so we don’t feel like we’re hiding something from them). He seemed ok with it but probably still thinks I’m a little crazy to keep taking pics and calling John every five minutes. Hahah.
xo,
s
Woohoo!! Congrats!
Open Sesame perhaps?
Haha- that works too.
xo,
s
totally my vote for the follow up post when it’s opened.
What about “I can see clearly now the wall has gone”?
Haha- that’s hilarious!
xo,
s
You would swear this was my house I’m so excited! Can’t wait to see the next update : )
Woo hoo!!!! “Bringin down the wall!” (to the tune of ‘Burnin down the house’)
You should of made it “The Sweetest Sound = A Power Saw” change it! Change it now! No one will notice! Hahaha. :) Have fun Sherry!
I’d say even though we can’t see through all the way yet, there never should’ve been a wall there in the first place. Can’t wait to see.
woohoo! so exciting!
Thanks for the update. A picture is worth a thousand words!
I can’t wait to see the light flood through there. Your kitchen is going to feel SO much bigger and brighter.
Such. A. Tease.
Exciting!
Wooooo!
Holy schnikies – LOL! I say that all the time!
Can’t wait to see it finished! The final reveal will be like when the mice show Cinderella her finished dress. haha yeah, I’m a dork :)
so envious! cant wait to see the light!
This IS the biggest tease!! But I am SO excited to see that other portion of drywall in the dining room to be removed so we can SEE THE LIGHT!!!!!
Holy Shnikies!! Ha ha ha! I love that movie!
Congrats on the progress — excited to see how it turns out!
I’m going to be checking in obsessively to see when the wall comes down! I hope you guys have the video camera ready when Burger first finds this big new door to run through!! He will love all the new patches of sunlight the new door will let through.
haha me too Christine!
I keep hitting F5 to refresh lol I don’t want to miss a thing!
Ahhh!! Can’t wait to see the next pics!! So exciting :)
Your kitchen is likely to go into shock when it gets all the sun light hiding behind that wall.
Woot!
I especially like the reference to “Holy Schnikies” – love it!
I am LOVING your blog these days.. Nothing like a kitchen remodel. I truly appreciate the keeping it real blogging. You are giving me the joys of a major reno project without the mess – Thank you!
So exciting! We remodeled our downstairs a couple years ago since our house was built in ’75 when they loved to chop everything up into little rooms. It was so awesome to watch all those walls come down and then envision what it would look like finished. The not so fun part was being contained to our dining room. Can’t wait to see your finished product!
Sweeeeeeeet :)
Wow that’s super exciting!! I can’t wait to tear down our kitchen wall next week! Just curious, what are you guys doing for kitchen space in the meantime? Is part of the kitchen blocked off with plastic and tape to keep the dust out? Is your kitchen temporarily relocated to another room? We’ll be making sandwiches and microwave meals in our living room throughout our renovation…ahhh reminds me of college.
Yup! Check out the post before this one for all the sealed-up details! We can still use the cooking part of the kitchen since it’s blocked off.
xo,
s
sike totally failed to scroll down to the next post before I posted my comment…nicely done! & LOVE the Dexter references.
Oh. Em. Gee.
C-a-n-n-o-t wait to see what comes next!!!
So stinkin’ excited for you, bestie! :D
Yay! Congratulations!! You must be THRILLED!
Curious — is any of the wall paneling that came down good enough to reuse? Could be nice on the backs of your peninsula cabinets? (I am a sucker for painted paneling and bead board!)
Yup! We definitely plan to reuse it for the half wall and other parts of the room!
xo,
s
Oh cool! I’d never even THOUGHT of that. Great plan! :)
Woo-hoo! Nothing better than bringing down walls :o)
Come on $herdog, bust through that sheet rock with your body!!!
Hey Sherry!
We recently sold our house. I remember you guys doing something thoughtful for the new buyers when you sold yours.. but, that’s all I remember! Can you give me the link to that post? Love all the kitchen posts!
We left them a bottle of wine and a folder full of lots of house info (warranties for everything, lists of products we used to seal the bathroom tile and clean the granite, etc) with a little note to enjoy the house!
xo,
s
That’s so sweet! Ours tried to leave us a vintage firetruck, a bunch of rocks in the yard, a large satellite dish, a broken above ground pool that was sunk 3ft into the ground for an “in-ground look”, some tires and grass so tall we had to bushhog it, because there was no way a mower could have cut it.
Best previous homeowner gift ever.
Holy goodness, I cannot wait to see you do this! I’d be totally intimidated by those vents and wires!
PLUS – this is one short and sweet post – like a bonbon! I love it!