Caution! Construction in progress...

To those of you who don't know Derrick very well, he's very ambitious! Don't get me wrong, he likes a day of rest. But just one day. When he sees something that needs to get done, he just goes at it! This spring, he's decided to attack our living room and he's doing a great job! Here are a couple before pictures. Our upstairs living room is the entry for our guests (we usually use the garage door into the kitchen.)

We wanted to make this space more inviting and welcoming to our friends and also more open. The living room seems so isolated to us. The picture on the left shows the doorway opening that leads into the kitchen/dinette area. (The door is just a coat closet.) On the right, you can see our red door (to outside) and the small wall right to the right of the door. There's no lighting in the ceiling.

Then he let Madison and Breanne go after two walls with a hammer...

He removed the stubby little wall that closed up the entry and made the opening that leads into the kitchen/dinnette area 3 times bigger. Of course, that will be another railing, but it's awesome to sit at the dining table and see out the front window. And amazing to stand by the front door and see into the rest of the house.

If you look closely, you can see the can-lights that Derrick installed. He's placed eight in the room. We'll keep posting pictures as this project progresses.