countdown to demo

been getting lots of questions about where we stand in this whole house renovation project.

truth be told - not one finger has been laid on that house. instead, it's been a summer of talking, measuring, planning, and drawing. but autumn is now upon us.

we think we are just a matter of days (ok, maybe a week or two) away from starting the demolition on the interior. we'll salvage what we can of the floors, the two coal-burning fireplaces (now decorative), and some interior walls, but that's about it. the previous owner made some poor decisions over the last decade. as a result, a majority of the interior is going away.





here's a rendering of the front facade and a photo of how things stand now. as you can see, very little (in fact, NOTHING) is changing. that's the deal we've got with the state of missouri and that's fine by us. we think its damn cute already. we're just replacing the transom windows that have been boarded up for years and the door on the left that leads up to the old owner's unit upstairs will be sealed up for good.

we're hoping that the state will at least let us frost that big old window. otherwise, it's going to be an interesting extremely boring view from across the street, "there's annie and dabney eating fish tacos at their dining room table... there's annie and dabney watching project runway on the couch."