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You would think that I have been off partying...and well, you would be partially right. We went to Washington for two weeks to spend time with my family. It was awesome. 

Right before we left we were able to close on the refinance of our house. The only problem is that with it being so close to our trip we weren't able to demo the downstairs quite the way we had hoped. 

We got back on Sunday and early Monday morning we started ripping down things.

Just to give you a refresher, this is what it looked like before. 

With not too much effort, we began.

The ceiling came down first.

The ceiling was acoustic tiles which just snapped together. With a little tug we were able to pull them down.

Then we moved onto the drywall and the wood paneling that went over the top of it.

Demo work is empowering. There is nothing that quite makes you feel like "I am woman hear me roar" like smashing a wall to bits. 

But...It does make quite the mess.

Blake did the majority of the hard things. What can I say?...

After we had removed the drywall from one wall we moved onto the other.

Finding mold is always a possibility when you live in an old house. But, finding this very large spot caught me a little off guard.

(you can see the plug for a size comparison. Eeek!)

After removing all of the other walls we started to work on the Laboratory walls. Surprisingly, those walls were built out of plaster board. Which, if you don't know, is Annoying!

This picture also kind of gives you a better idea of how the room was set up with the Laboratory just smack dab in the middle of the room.

While taking down the built in cabinets in the Laboratory I managed to hit my foot with a cabinet. It still hurts, weeks later.

Once all the cabinets and drywall were down, you could finally see the light.

With all the walls and ceiling down we finally removed the carpet.

Then we wheeled the piano into the family room, to make room for the construction that was going to start.

The best part of the whole thing is that even though our pile of garbage was gigantic, we were able to dump it all in the community dumpsters the next day. 

Not bad for a days work.