Secret Messages

Looks like someone has been partaking in some recreational concrete graffiti.

Demolition complete

Oly Salvage is finishing up the last few tasks. They will be done by noon next Monday, they say. We handed off our checks (one from the bank, one from our own money purse) and paid off our balance today. It's an awfully odd feeling standing at the street and looking right through our yard right at our garage and alleyway. Here's a video of our site, taken from the center of our house.

Demolition, Day 2

The amount of progress Olympia Salvage has made in the past two days is amazing. The entire interior has been removed. The hardwood floors are the only task of any substance left. There's some wiring to remove and a few ancient bee nests, but those won't take but a minute to remove. They also started taking off the siding. It's all proceeding much faster than we thought it would. Walking through the house this evening was a weird feeling--Julia couldn't even stay in the house for more than a few seconds. Alexander looked upset when he saw these pictures:

Green Light

We received our permits yesterday, which went without incident, and our loan was approved. This project is finally underway. Since we know it's on for sure now, I will start making regular posts.

Below are a couple PDFs of our final floor plans.

Second Round of Design Prints

We received a call from our architect today. She has the revised first floor and new second floor drawings ready. Here they are... (Click them for a larger view)

Bottom floor. Nothing really new here, just some refinements.


UPSTAIRS! More comments to come.



A slice of our new house. Notice the shed dormers on both sides!



Front. Julia added some details, like the lovely flowers.


We're totally stoked! The upstairs design has a large room with a bathroom, an office space over the kitchen, and a surprise second room! That was completely unexpected. Now all we have to do is figure out what we're going to do with all of this space.