Gossamer

In order to prevent some of the dust and dirt from invading the rest of the house, Eberle taped a huge plastic sheet over the opening to the work area. So far, this is a hit. Julie thinks it is beautiful, "like gossamer". She is considering keeping it permanently.
After one week, the kitchen is gutted, the fixtures have all been removed and the old computer room is gone. The workers, James and Brannon are now going to jack hammer out the old porch steps and re-do a foundation for what will be our new bathroom.
I've decided that no mater how much work gets done in a given day, it is never enough. Even when it was clear that tons of work had been done, I still wanted to shout "He's still breathing! He can continue to work. Don't leave yet."
Week one is complete. The destruction continues and we are surrounded by gossamer.

Remodel - The destruction begins

After calling several companies, we chose Eberle remodeling to do our house remodel. We started big, adding 300 feet, Mexican paver flooring in the kitchen, Corian counters, and beautiful appliances. After the first bid we went small, no additional space, laminate counters, vinyl floor in the kitchen, Magic Chef range. Even this will cost a huge amount.

Our scheduled start date got pushed back a week when the crew got sick. This day was made even more interesting when I arrived home to find that our neighbor Forrest had left his hose on full blast and flooded the building where we were storing all our belongings. Everything had to be taken out, carpet padding removed, carpet dried, etc. A week later we were back to where we had started.

James and Leonard arrived on August 9, 2002 for the first day of work. We still hadn't finished packing the kitchen, so James just removed a few light fixtures. We finished packing the kitchen over the weekend and took the doors off of the cabinets.

Monday the 12th James and Leonard arrived to start the real destruction. Within 4 hours the cabinets and appliances were gone.