July House Progress Part 1 (July 1 - July 7)

After the discouraging sight of our house basically completely gutted at the end of June, we were happy to see things really start coming together quickly in July.  It was a very tough month for construction due to the weather, which was the rainiest July in Chicago on record.  At least we weren't living there at the time, but having to deal with the aftermath of a mini-hurricane a couple of times a week for most of the month definitely slowed things down a bit.  Despite that, we were happy with the progress. We went from a house with practically no floors or walls to one with plenty of both in just a few weeks.

Standing in the first floor family room and looking out through the second floor master bedroom window.  Wait, what?

Emily (carefully!) stands in what is left of the old second floor hallway shows off the construction progress

On July 1 Emily gave a mid-construction tour to Chris D, Juliana, and Juliana's little dog, too

Contractor Larry takes pride in keeping a clean job site, as seen out the new master bedroom window

July 4, standing by the door to the basement and looking back towards the kitchen

The wide window off to the left will be above the table in the kitchen

Standing in the future kitchen and looking back towards the front of the house.  The crappy old fridge is all that is left of our old kitchen

Standing right around where the wall between the back door entryway and the breakfast area will be, looking towards the front of the house.  That water heater will not be staying in the breakfast nook when we're done

Looking up from the first floor new family room towards the upstairs bedroom in the front of the house and the skylight/rafters in the attic.  I still don't understand why we couldn't have just stayed here with Simon during construction.

Looking back towards the master bedroom on the way up the stairs

Second floor is cleared out of all traces of the old house and is ready for new construction

Standing in the master bedroom looking towards the front of the house.  That open door is the bedroom that we were using as the temp master bedroom during construction

The hole is where the old upstairs bathroom used to be.  Because of the old tiling and plumbing holes, not even the subfloor or beams were salvageable

Looking at Simon's future room

Looking at the early framing for the new wall between the hallway and Simon's room on July 7.  The wall around the window has been cleared out to prepare for a new (working!) window