The Big Reveal

So the long awaited moment has arrived! The moment when we unveil the many months of sweat, hard work, and admittedly, perhaps a few bad words. Of course, as with my one siblings reveal earlier this week, there a few little details left to do. There are some more pictures to hang, touch up painting to do, and a few other things as well; but none that will make a substantial difference in pictures. It was a rather dreary day here and we took the pictures at dusk, so they did not turn out the best. Someday we will take pictures when it is sunny, our south facing windows let in some awesome light! So here we go:

Before: Looking east from the kitchen

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Before: Looking SE from corner of Dining Room

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Before: Looking South in Dining Room

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Before: Looking South in Living Room

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Before: Looking SW from corner of Living Room

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Before: Looking West from edge of Living Room

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Before: Looking East into the Kitchen

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Before: Looking SW into the Kitchen

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Before: Looking NE into Kitchen

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Before: Kitchen looking West

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There you go! That is what the majority of our nights, weekends, and, yes, arguments, have been about for the last 10 1/2 months. And, it has all been well worth it! We love it! We'll have pictures of the den coming real soon. I promise it will not be another 6 months! It is almost done!

After that the next phase of the remodel involves removing the chimney from the house. Yes, thats right I said removing the chimney. Which involves replacing our existing furnace. Which will be expensive. So, we are going to take a break for at least a few months before starting on that one. 

To family and friends on the east coast, we look forward to seeing you, or at least as many as possible, in a few weeks.

- Eric and Hannah too (who is currently making Peppernuts and Gingerbread Men (People?) Cookies