Phase 1: Complete

And I didn't even need any help from Andrew Dan Jumbo, or Ty Pennington. Just over three hours from start to finish, and that included clean-up! Here's the evidence:

The first hole in the wall was made just before noon...


The obligatory "before" shot...from summer '04 when we bought the house


During...I went a little nuts with the masking tape...


Finished with demo, just after 3 PM.


I left the top because there's nothing on the other side of that wall except attic, and I didn't feel like leaving our house exposed for the next couple of days. We'll get it done when we're ready to drywall.

Now I just need to get the crew over here and we'll drywall and paint!