What's behind door #2?

That's right, the final big piece of demo is done, and we now have a new (wider) opening to the carport! Yesterday the guys did drywall work at the 'bar' and ran electrical for the bar. Today was a heavy work day of removing pieces of brick, mortar and framing.

The bar has been drywalled and is ready for muddin'!

I was once again in shock when I went to the house for my daily inspection. Who knew that just 10 short days ago that our house would be so radically transformed? And to think, the real work to actually put the house back together hasn't even started. Amazing!

The boys get to have all the fun!

(That's the french doors in the den you see through the hole)

Apparently, our contractor, Mike, was a little apprehensive of today's block cutting; he was nervous that the top concrete support framing the door may not hold after removing the blocks, but luckily it held and we're set to put the new door in tomorrow (VERY glad that he told me this little factoid after the cutting was finished). He said that as long as this part of the project came off out without a hitch, then the rest of the work should be smooth sailing. So I say, hoist the main sail and let's go!

As if cutting this huge hole in the wall wasn't enough hard work for one day, the guys also dropped electrical for the two new fans in the living room today. We hope the addition of two new fans should help enhance the air conditioning system and cool down the house more effectively. Tomorrow the guys will be finishing electrical (fingers crossed that no one gets electrocuted- 2 days of pulling electric without electrocution and counting. YAY), trimming the new door in, starting to block up the old door hole and blocking up the old (and thoroughly useless) exhaust fan in the kitchen ceiling. Is that all?!

One last exciting note, the tile for our backsplash arrived today. The picture doesn't do the colors justice, it's such a great combination of colors and texture. I just can't wait to see it on the wall, in action. Mike said today 'I think the end [result of the project] will be awesome. I can't wait'. Neither can we, Mike....

Our new 'security system'