Door No More

When giving the Money Pit tour, I always felt a little like Willy Wonka opening the door to the factory when we would get to the door at the top of the front stairs... Except instead of a colorful, magical room full of candy, it was a dilapidated war zone with boarded up windows and bare wall studs... But it was still a pretty interesting juxtaposition of demolition next to the relatively finished first floor...

(just realized this was the best pic I had of it... lame.)

Well, in our grand attempt to convert the house BACK into a one family home (as it originally was) this doorway had to go. And the wall enclosing the stairwell at the top of the stairs. 

Which luckily was only that horrible MDF panelling...

Bye bye paneling...

Thankfully this was done circa the 1960's, so it was all drywall, panelling, and easier-to-cut-through "2x4s" that are actually only 1.5" thick... not like our 1900 old growth redwood forest over 2" thick studs the rest of the house is built with...

I love you '60s construction materials for your easy cleanup, if nothing else... 

Yeaaaaaah reciprocating saw...

And there you have it... a... railing? Ok it's only temporary, for OSHA, but look how open that is! Hooray!! It's actually starting to look like a real house!