That’s right! Our studs are on full display, so try not to stare.
After our permit was approved, we slapped that baby up in the window and went to town with hammers, crowbars, and a lot of elbow grease. And, thankfully, we had a couple of volunteers, too! Matthew’s sisters, April and Rebecca rolled up their sleeves, donned dust masks and spent the entire day working with us on Saturday. Hours of hammering and one huge dust cloud later, we had exposed the bones of our little Nest!
Here’s a recap of our Demo Day:
Demo time!
Goodbye kitchen cabinets…
The nastiest job of all… old carpet removal.
Then linoleum floor tiles had to be scraped up!
Saving the cabinet hardware before the hammers begin.
Watch out! It’s hammer time.
Making some progress.
Real women swing sledgehammers (while kicking their leg up in an awkward demo dance move).
Taking a break in the bathtub.
Clean up in bedroom three!
Dining room demo. April is meticulous!
Removing ceiling tiles and faux wood paneling in the family room.
Attic gold! Matthew found a beautiful vaulted ceiling after removing the old, yucky acoustic tiles in the family room. Jackpot!
Peek-a-boo!
Cleanup continues.
Bin load #1,978. These ladies were troopers!
Big Red is full again!
Mid-demo Kitchen.
Whoa! No more plaster in the dining room.
Lots of studs showing!
The dust cloud…a.k.a. the reason we wore masks!
The Newtons — happy after a hard day of work!
Demo by the Digits:
- 3 ladies and 1 dude
- 6 hours of hard work
- 2 sledgehammers
- 2 crowbars
- 1 rubber mallet
- 4 sets of gloves
- 8 earplugs
- 4 respirator masks
- Approximately 1 million (we stopped counting) bin loads full of plaster and insulation taken to the dumpster
- 1 giant red dumpster – FULL
- 1 big ol’ cloud of dust
- ZERO injuries!
All in all, it adds up to a greatly productive day.
The Newton Nest 
Good job!
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WOW-this brings back memories! GREAT job!
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