If You Take Down A Wall..........

Remodels are a lot like that children's book, "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie". 

Once you remove the walls, you'll have to raise the floor.

If you're going to raise the floor, you'll have to take the flooring off. 

& if you're raising the floor & taking the flooring off it only makes sense to raise the door also. 

& once you remove the flooring you have to clean it up so...... 

You can frame the floor in. 

Once you frame the floor & start laying the sub floor down........ 

You realize it's time to raise the slider. 

Since you have to raise the slider you figure you might as well add the nicer upcycled Anderson slider you rescued from a remodel job up at the lake. That means cutting a bigger hole in the wall & framing it in.

After you've cut the bigger hole it's time to add the slider. 

Now that you've raised the floor it's time to........... 

Pull the flooring up. 

So you can put it all.... 

Back..... 

Down again. 

And that's what happens when you take down some walls.

There is so much more that will be happening with this room but for now we are focusing on the room addition. I love having a more open space & the kids do too. It's nice to have the floor all at one level. No more tripping down an awkward step! More updates of the remodel to follow :)