Credit: Erin Loechner I’m currently in the throes of a passionate love affair with my new fixer-upper in the Midwest. Although my husband and I have been hard at work planning, designing and contracting the home (we purchased the 3200 square foot ranch in November), we’ve just officially arrived into demolition territory this week. Now, I’ve worked on a house or two in my day and I know that, under normal circumstances, there’s nothing more exciting than taking a sledgehammer to an unnecessary wall in order to brighten a space. But this house? This house has more drywall than my patience allows. The process has been slow-going to say the least. After we determined which walls were load-bearing and which were safe to demolish, turned off the electrical breaker and removed baseboards and trim, we set out to tear down those walls. Although our demolition area was plaster-free and fairly easy to work with, the task was much harder than I anticipated. Continue reading DIY Diary: Lessons in Demolition Home Improvement | DIY| Comments
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DIY Diary: Lessons in Demolition