Surrender to the process. That's the very best advice I can give to people going through renovations. Just surrender. You're going to be living in a mess. There are going to be problems you don't anticipate and it's going to drag on longer than you dreamed. Everything you own will wind up in a spot you didn't expect and you'll find yourself saying things you never thought you'd say. I think the cat may be down in the heating vent. Hey, it's summer, so this hole in my house is kinda like extra air conditioning. No, I don't know where the can opener is, have you checked the bathtub?
Here is my house, deep in the thick of it.
I had a nine foot wall here (where you see the red) in front of my kitchen. I think it was meant to give you some privacy but mostly it prevented anyone in the kitchen from talking to anyone in the living room. We cut it down.
A shot back toward the bathroom. We put in pocket doors shutting off the bath and two bedrooms which will eventually be a master suite. We also moved the closet door into the kitchen, thus turning a small closet into a pantry.
The horrific mess. The kitchen is getting ready to be attacked. Plan of attack for my builder is to remove all the tiny plain molding from all the doors and windows and replace it with something a bit more weighty. Also, the inexpensive cabinets are to be dressed up with cladding and crown molding. I'll be replacing the doors later. This is a relatively inexpensive way to dress up stock cabinets.
Just when you think things are never going to get any better, there's a ray of sunshine.
I no longer have a hole in my house, and the fireplace is in. There's still a long way to go, but look ... a fireplace!
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